Stephen Chbosky
- Perks of Being a Wallflower
It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.
Lucas Scott
- One Tree HIll
Life kicks you around sometimes. It scares you and it beats you up. But there's one day when you realize you're not just a survivor, you're a fighter. You're tougher than anything life throws your way. And you are.
One Tree Hill
- Brooke Davis
When you stop fighting, you stop living. We all need that thing that's worth fighting for. Maybe it's a certain someone, or a special place, maybe just an idea. So find your fight, and fight like hell, until your battle is won.
E. Lockhart
- We Were Liars
They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. Its horrors are not attributable to one single person. Tragedy is ugly and tangled, stupid and confusing.
Khaled Hosseini
- The Kite Runner
I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
John Green
- The Fault in Our Stars
There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. God knows that's what everyone else does.
