“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
“Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.”
-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I have always kept a stack of library books next to my bed as a lifeline. If I ever woke in the middle of the night too scared to move or too sad to roll over, the books were my saviors.”
-Julie Halpern, The F-It List
“You’re different. And I’m different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.”
-Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“I’ve learned that home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling.”
-Cecelia Ahern, Love, Rosie
“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I’m a complete disaster.”
-Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
-Nicole Krauss, The History of Love