Educated
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
The Song Of Achilles
Name one hero who was happy… You can’t… I’ll tell you a secret… I’m going to be the first.
The Pain Gap: How Sexism And Racism In Healthcare Kill Women
“Healthcare for American women is at a turning point.”
Midnight Sun
“For just a second, I saw Persephone, pomegranate in hand. Dooming herself to the underworld. Is that who I was? Hades himself, coveting springtime, stealing it, condemning it to endless night.”
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
“Don't watch" the redheaded mind reader whispered. I closed my eyes.
Breaking Dawn
"Don't be afraid," I murmured. "We belong together."I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it.His arms wrapped around me,holding me against him....It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire."Forever," he agreed.
Eclipse
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice Is also great, and would suffice. ROBERT FROST
New Moon
“I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest. I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.”
Twilight
“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”
A Little Life
“Friendship was witnessing another’s slow drip of miseries, and long bouts of boredom, and occasional triumphs. It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person’s most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return.”
Crime And Punishment
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes
“Well, as they said, it's not over until the mockingjay sings.”
Mockingjay
“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”
Catching Fire
“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”
The Hunger Games
“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
All The Light We Cannot See
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
The Great Gatsby
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
The Lord Of The Flies
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
Serial Killers:The Definitive History Of The Phenomenon Of Serial Murder
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.—MARK TWAIN