Ya Quotes

I'm so sorry. I think I'm just tired. The socially accepted excuse for being mental.

~ Lucy Ivison

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives. Sir William Wallace

~ Amanda M. Thrasher

I closed my eyes and listened to the occasional chirps of tiny birds hidden in the trees around us, the bubbling of water over rocks down below, cicadas rattling a chorus off in the distance. All sounds of the world carrying on like it always had. So much could change or be lost, and still, the rest of the world went on like it was nothing. It didn't seem wrong, but it didn't seem right either. I'd gone on today like it was nothing. I'd laughed and felt happy and forgotten for a little while that this was now a world without my brother in it.

~ Jessi Kirby

You're only as old as you feel.

~ Lucy Ivison

Shhhhh, I am trying to read.

~ Anna Del C. Dye

After a lifetime of wanting to be loved, she didn't think she could bear it if it finally happened just before she was about to die.

~ Heather Demetrios

I'm just as big a fool as the rest of them.

~ Stephanie Perkins

She is beautiful, soft hair nearly midnight in color, large eyes nearly as dark, and ivory skin like the petals of the lily, and she wore a fragrance of jasmine. But 'tis her willfulness that I enjoyed the most. And her resourcefulness.

~ Terry Spear

Believe in gold and thou shalt never settle for silver.

~ S.r. Crawford

You are a blue rose, Letti. It’s almost impossible that you exist amongst the other roses but you do. You bring wonder to those who are lucky enough to find you.

~ S.r. Crawford

You’ve never had someone you love snatched,” I shot back, annoyed by her ignorance. “Any sense of safety kind of bites it after that. You watch your back because no one else can.

~ Katherine Mcintyre

You are sitting in my chair, my lord. She said the words very civilly, she thought. Although he quirked a brow and lowered his chin as if giving her one of those looks. Like really? In a way that wasn't a question. She was telling a fae king, a hawk fae king, and a guest of the dark fae, that he should be sitting in her seat? But she didn't stop there. You may sit there if it pleases you. She pointed to Micala's seat since he was not at the meal. Her mother's mouth gaped and for once she didn't have an immediate rebuke ready for Ritasia. The king gave Ritasia such a sinister smile, she was afraid she might have gone a little too far with her first encounter with him. She quickly remembered her manners, curtseyed, though, because she wasn't wearing a gown, she thought she looked a little ridiculous, then looked back up at him.

~ Terry Spear

King Tiernan scowled at the mess his father had gotten him into...all because the heartless man had to die. Hawk fae kings were to immediately marry as soon as they were seated on the throne and a suitable bride could be found...Legend had it that the queen always met an early death - ordered by the king himself, although it was said that a secret order of assassins was given the task. Why? Because two sons or a son and a daughter could fight over ruling the kingdom. Civil war could ensue. So best to ensure the queen only had one offspring. And then, she no longer was needed.

~ Terry Spear

Sienna Rivers, ex-nerd, undisputed reigning chess champion of the class of 09 and the proverbial all round wise-ass degenerate pain in your backside.

~ Ali Harper

Love is rare and hard to find and takes years upon years to develop. Teenagers don't fall in love.

~ Kody Keplinger

I mean if there was any justice in the world you wouldn't even have to go to school during your period. You'd just stay home for five days and eat chocolate and cry.

~ Andrea Portes

Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life.Trauma is all or nothing. A tsunami wave of destruction.A tornado of unimaginable awfulness that whooshes into your life - just for one key moment - and wreaks such havoc that, in just an instant, your whole world will never be the same again.

~ Holly Bourne

I bet she thought she was getting into a fight with a vanilla wafer on roller skates but little did she know she was getting into a fight with a spider sandwich.

~ Andrea Portes

Cassiopeia? She was a queen long ago, in a different part of the world. The stories say she was very beautiful, but very proud. Too proud. She smack-talked some goddesses and got herself stuck up there for all eternity.

~ Ryan Graudin

He’s a lovely guy, but there’s no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government can’t legislate for chemistry.

~ Siobhan Davis

I'm not that good of an actor to fake something like that.

~ Dana Burkey

Lies are like a treadmill with no off switch. You have to keep walking or you'll fall off.

~ Iris St. Clair

One final time I told myself I wasn't abducting my little brother.

~ Marcus Sedgwick

If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all

~ John Green

It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.

~ Siobhan Davis

The noise around me blurs, and all I can focus on is his lips and breath and presence.

~ Christina Farley

She crawled into her bed and curled into a tiny ball. She was suddenly aware of how small the space was that she was occupying compared to the largeness of the world. With a heavy pain in her chest she closed her eyes. She no longer resisted sleep for she knew that her dreadful nightmares were unavoidable. It was about time she got used to them. She held onto the image of Will’s face as long as she could, desperately hoping that some of his goodness would carry on into the night.

~ Julia Barkey

I wiggle my eyebrows. 'Sorry, Evan, I can't make out with you while the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field.

~ Cheyanne Young

I wiggle my eyebrows. 'Sorry, Evan, I can't make out with you wile the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field.

~ Cheyanne Young

Sophie: For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub.Agatha: I thought it was a better ending.

~ Soman Chainani

I threatened him with bodily harm. He promised to bring me cake for the rest of my life.

~ Chris Cannon

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

My god, they're everywhere.

~ Kellie Thacker

I should know better than anyone--you can't tell who a person is just from his looks.

~ Cheryl Rainfield

My parents lie somewhere beneath the snow, buried with my mortal life.

~ Vicki L. Weavil

Sometimes I think that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights could only be moments away from disaster. That everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a moment when it will become extraordinary--a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen.

~ Robyn Schneider

Fire and earth are the most sacred of the natural elements. One must cross their path with caution and respect.

~ Tracey M. Hook

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.

~ Zilpha Keatley Snyder

My knight,” I said jokingly before I had a chance to stop myself. Too late I realized. ~Charlie~

~ J.l.clayton

The girl signed deeply and ever so slowly made her way down to the opposite end of the case. Using the metal tongs she passed over the golden yellow ladoo and reached for the darker pieces that Mrs. Singh usually set aside. I started to protest, but suddenly noticed the coldness in her eyes staring into mine.

~ Tracey M. Hook