Young Adult Fiction Quotes

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not trying to dissect your self-worth to others or even yourself."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

You have to make a choice to either let the questions that are haunting you make you a better person or haunt you for the rest of your life. If you chose to let them haunt you, then guess what? It's not going to change the situation because you still won't have the answers to those questions. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I always wondered if I was ever going to be somebody's hero. I realized - I am my own hero. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I am somebody. I used to think I was invisible because nobody noticed me, but I set fire to my fear. I am free. I am here, and if it's going to be me against the world, then I am ready. After all the shit I've been through, I can handle anything that comes my way. I am not going to ever let anyone make me feel less than a human being - because I matter. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Too long, much too long. ~ Jessica Verday

When sober, which he hadn't been for well over a week, Burt thought about Double B, and what it might be like to be a real father, to wake up with him in the morning, to watch him grow, to get to know the little soul."
Book 2 "Having it ~ Jamie Scallion

Pain is an old friend who left briefly and has now returned. Starvation without sustenance, I had grown acquaint. Satiety was a stranger who invaded my deepest being, and now I cannot live without. ~ Melanie A. Gabbard

No," Scott's voice cracked, "Carrie look at me."
Carrie bit down on her lip and tried to focus on the healing process. The usual sensation of the energy flowing through her finger tips was a weak haze and it completely disappeared when Scott whispered, defeated, "Carrie, please. ~ Julia Barkey

Life is giving you another chance to plant your seeds. Take care of them by watering them, nurturing them throughout all seasons, and watch your flowers bloom."

~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I want to say that yes, it was worth it; that I could suffer through pain and torture for her and go through a lot more than what Puck and his friends are capable of, and I can do it for all of eternity; suffer, until she realizes how much I love her.
But she's gone before I can say any of it.
I wait till she's left.
And then I reach for my wallet.
Hidden inside one of the flaps is a piece of paper that barely conceals a razorblade. Its frayed edges still have my blood on them. The blood is from the previous cuts I've made and I carry it around like a trophy, like Dexter carries around his victims' blood on slides. I use that blade to give myself a cut and it starts bleeding. Right away, it feels as though the pressure that has been building inside me ever since that confrontation with Puck is lifted.
I feel free again. ~ Kady Hunt

My ultimate authority would be the school librarian Mrs. Greenbacher. ~ Shawn Stewart Ruff

Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is what tyrants live on and by what commoners are blissfully burdened and subdued. ~ Evan Meekins

To be loved, is to be immortal. ~ Lynette Ferreira

Remember, we all have to start from somewhere. You made another step today. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

They just want to be part of the moment. A moment that's much larger than them, and even larger than us. ~ Goldy Moldavsky

I am the only one who can create the missing piece of the wing. I have created it, and now - I am whole. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

If we truly detach from our childhood and abandon our inherent romanticism, then we shred any bit of humanity left in us. ~ Evan Meekins

I am not going to put the blame on you. But… guess what? I am still here. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure. ~ Walter Moers

Luis is right there. I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn't as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high. ~ Simone Elkeles

I love the skin I am in! I love my body and I feel better than I ever felt before! ~ Charlena E. Jackson

So many people dragged me into the pit of hell with them. What they failed to realize was that I refused to become settled and make it my home. I've walked out of the pit of hell. I can smile. I am happy because I am finally free. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Nikki looks at me, confused. "What's wrong?"
I've got a gun stashed in my closet. "Nothin'. ~ Simone Elkeles

I have been broken down many times before - and I am always the one who is left to pick up the pieces. Most of the time, there are too many pieces to pick up, so I leave them where they lay and never look back. I have to be honest with myself, that is one of my mistakes, instead of walking away, I should have picked up the pieces. That way, I would have learned and grown from what was left behind."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Her scream of utter horror and fright was a sound that no one in the chamber would ever forget.

~Crispin.~ ~ J.L. Clayton

Teachers influence more by what they are, what they do, what they represent and what they believe than by what they teach and preach. ~ Kavita Bhupta Ghosh

I AM TRANSFORMING FOR THE BETTER. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

You make obstacle courses and hurricanes, I make T-shirt slogans. ~ Kimberly Sabatini

Holy moly Pikachu bolts! ~ Adele Rose

All you need is one thought and one word. When you learn how to connect them, you can do anything you like. ~ Jennifer Loiske

We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It's indestructible – it can never be broken. The thread is the key item that links us together. We understand each other. ~ Erica Sehyun Song

Proud to announce that Esfir Is Alive has been selected as a 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in Young Adult Fiction. ~ Andrea Simon

Meg," he whispered. "It wouldn't be real love if there weren't the possibility for another response to him. If we couldn't choose not to love him, then our love would be empty. That's why there's evil in this world, because there's free choice in this world. He allows the one to prove the other. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

I am going to make the good and bad count today. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Jace's husky voice almost came out in a purr. He said, "You want to make a bet on that, Charlie." Oh yeah, he can sell that stuff alright. "No worries," Jace was saying. "I only have eyes for you." He touched the tip of my nose with his finger. I swatted him away. Jace laughed.

~Jace~ ~ J.L. Clayton

I'm a piece of glass with a crack spreading across me, spidering off in all directions, waiting to shatter me completely. ~ Shari Cross

I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long. ~ Erica Sehyun Song

I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking me to our new homestead. I leaned down and patted Trouble's neck. "Good boy," I said. "Trusty steed. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

We bumped into other silent lines of kids going in the same direction. We looked like we were much younger and our lines were headed to the cafeteria or recess or the carpool line. Or it could've been a fire drill. Except for the stone-faced police officers weaving between us with rifles. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

Soon, they actually began to titter on their toes as they glared at me, looking more like an army of angry wasps than ever before. All they needed now were matching yellow and black jumpers and pretend stingers! ~ Adele Rose

I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful for being able to smile again. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Can you put your hands on my crotch?"
"Why, hell no, I cannot." I didn't remember anything like this happening in Pride and Prejudice. ~ Jennifer Echols

If the love is true, it will wait until the dream becomes a reality. True love also gives strength to a dream. ~ Lorraine Koh

Although richer and Number 1 in the charts at this very moment, I've come full circle; once again I am the lanky, ginger, friendless geek.- Egg ~ Jamie Scallion

Shut up, lumpen-head," Billy had said, setting the stage for our future amicable relationship.
I remembered that very well too. That had been a first too. Nobody had called me a lumpen-head before that. Tavi had had to explain what it meant, and then I had punched Billy in the stomach. People had to help Pradyun separate us and one of the ladies had exclaimed, "But she looked like such a sweet, little girl too!"
"She's not a girl," Billy had said. "She's an ugly lumpen-head, and her parents found her under a toadstool."
Billy had been a sweet, little boy himself. Still was. Hadn't changed a bit over the years. ~ Sonal Panse

Just try it, he murmurs, reaching over to cover my hand gently.
And I think, Whoa, that's never happened before!
Then: Is he just doing that because he thinks Wyatt is interested?
And, finally, this: Who the hell cares?! ~ Rusty Fischer

He clicked the Save button, and there was the sound of a trumpet fanfare. A cleverly designed Flash animation in emerald green illuminated in gold leapt out at him in a 3D effect like the titles of an epic film:

WELCOME, ASH, TO BIG BROTHER, THE AVENGER!

The words exploded in a shower of gold dust. A voice boomed chillingly, 'If you want help to sort them out, look no further! Big Brother will avenge you! ~ Tracey Morait

Do not rob yourself of happiness.
Do not hold yourself hostage.
Do not miss out on living a well-fulfilled life.
Life is supposed to be lived - each day is progress. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I am a lost soul trying to find my way somehow or other. Sometimes I feel like I am a hopeless case who is trying to find my place in this world. It seems like I do not fit anywhere. I am my peace, my joy, and my comfort place. I am going to take what is given and make something from it to make my life better. I know that I am the only one who can do that. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Wow, for the first time, I looked in the mirror and truly smiled. What a new kind of wonderful day! ~ Charlena E. Jackson

My heart has been bruised, and the scars will never heal because they will always be visible. Maybe they need to be visible as a reminder that I cannot go back."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Dead skin is brittle and dry, and when it sheds, our skin glows and it is smooth and vibrant. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I want you to kick Egg, Tea and Clipper out of the band!" - Daisy ~ Jamie Scallion

The only wand you'll ever need is a better-feeling thought. ~ C.G. Rousing

Every Mind Breaker I met was a true person inside and out. My name is Hayden Laevary, and these are their stories ... as well as mine. ~ Megan Duke

Your checkered past is not the pattern of your future. ~ Deborah Patrick

You cannot worry about the thing you cannot change. You can only accept them, set them free, and live your life of purpose. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I am a work in progress, but I am getting there. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Words aren't good enough for a lot of things, but we have to try. ~ Ava Dellaira

Your words were powerful. Your words suffocated me. I was reaching for you - I was reaching for the person who caused me so much pain, to save me. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

It was while bent over, trying to breathe through the pain of bruised ribs, with the sensation of spit running down his cheek that Jason decided he was going to die. ~ Paul W.S. Bowler

I had shaved my beard for her-a huge disappointment, because I'd enjoyed my three weeks looking like a bank robber. ~ Jennifer Echols

There was no point in the gods trying to separate us. Whether we were on Earth or in hell, we'd spend the rest our days look for the other. ~ Taisha DeAza

Sometimes you need to loose in order to win. ~ Adele Rose

That narrows down the search quite a bit," Daniel commented. "But what if you still don't find her?"
"Then I'm still not going to join the throng of mindless dicks out there looking for a dizney-whore to take advantage of." Will was frowning but Daniel laughed explosively through his nose.
"I can't believe you just said that! ~ Rebekah Joy Anast

Society gets by from the help of its citizens. ~ Brian Joyce

I guess it was only fitting that to them PUNK was a four letter word. However, to people like Dylan and I-punk was our hearts-our souls. We grew up with a lot of uncertainties. To be a teenager isn't always pretty, and our music reflected that. ~ Brian Joyce

It was a wild indulgent slope we had cascaded down, and I didn't care. For once in my life, I didn't care about tomorrow. I didn't care if I starved or died. I feasted on the now, and I didn't let myself think about who he was or who I was, only who we were right now in this moment and how he made me feel on this patch of earth, in this patch of shade. In this strange upside-down world, ignoring tomorrow seemed as natural and expected as breathing. ~ Mary E. Pearson

I look away, but we've caught each other. And I know this wasn't just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others. ~ Jennifer Walkup

Every step we take in life, is one step closer to our death - Huja ~ Rehan Khan

Writing is the new reading ~ Emlyn Hall

I AM MAKING THE DECISION TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF EVERYTHING AND EVERY SITUATION. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Cry if you need to…
Scream if you have to…
Afterwards, everything will be okay… ~ Charlena E. Jackson

People see my body, but my soul is lost, and I do not have anything left to give."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Lucky for me, all four of his hooves missed my body as they found the ground. I picked my head up, thankful I didn't get stomped, and watched the steer run off along the fence. Mental note: cows are not like horses. Don't let the big brown eyes fool you. ~ Brittney Joy

I could've gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered.
My brother died because someone was jealous. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

The afternoon light brightening the green in her eyes, her tan skin the last memory of fall ~ John Green

A text pops up on the screen. It's from Luis. I can't help but grin when I read his perfectly thought-out message.
Luis: Hey ~ Simone Elkeles

It feels like there is a giant man inside my head blowing up an enormous balloon. The balloon is made of spikes and the man is shouting very loudly.' Egg ~ Jamie Scallion

From so high above it, the world seems ordered and deliberate.

But I know it's more than that. And less. It is structured and chaotic. Beautiful and strange. ~ Nicola Yoon

Magdalen's eyes were wide and her mouth hung open. She was so sweet and beautiful. She would make a wonderful margrave's wife. Avelina had already made up her mind that the margrave had not killed his brother. She simply could not believe anyone who was so particular about who he was going to marry, and who seemed so concerned about orphans, could have done such a despicable thing. At least, she hoped not. ~ Melanie Dickerson

Our soul ties were beyond toxic."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I just read this great quote by Junot Diaz, he was talking about true intimacy, and he was saying that it was the willingness to be vulnerable and to be found out. That's what I felt that YA did. It wasn't pretentious, and it wasn't hiding its heart. It wanted to be found out ...
It felt like those moments when you go to a party and you're standing around for a long time, going, I don't fit in here, what am I going to talk to these people about? And everybody's getting drunk, and then you find this one person, and you end up sitting in some corner talking about all these arcane things.
And then before you know it you're having a conversation about the meaning of life and it's four o'clock in the morning. That kind of feeling, that kind of intimacy - I felt like that's what I got from YA. ~ Libba Bray

With every fall of the sun and rise of the moon, I can hear it. The Prophecy. It echoes through the halls of time. It is written on the surface of every star. Even the sun and moon cannot withhold the news of the second coming. I hear it. And I fear it. ~ Brian A. McBride

Life is beautiful. One thing's for sure, we do not need a magnifying glass to see it. The naked eye shows us exactly what we need to see. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I have blessings waiting on me and I am ready to receive them. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

You have to have thick skin because people are like vultures, but what they fail to realize is that they are making you stronger. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Say it again," he says.
"That whole drawn-out speech?" I remember something about a solar system, but I'm too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again.
He steps closer. "No. The part about you fallin' for me. ~ Simone Elkeles

Next to the first Henry and Meg, Henry had written, "Promise?"
Well, that genie's out of the bottle and there's no stuffing her back in. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

I am no longer letting questions haunt me. I want and deserve peace in my life. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can easily assume that either he has not challenged his abilities as a leader by making a decision that creates a split between the people, or he is forcing his subjects to bow before him. ~ Evan Meekins

You haven't lived life to the fullest until you've found something worth dying for ~ Luke Edison

Will always wanted to live his own life, not have others live it for him. Looking back at it now, it was foolish to think so ~ Rehan Khan

It feels like I was made to fit here, in the space beneath his heart. ~ Caroline Greyling

You tried to play on my weakness, but you were the weakest link."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

I had good intentions once upon a time. Well, September. ~ Claire Hennessy

He grinned at me and whispered, I'm going to kiss you now. It'll be a big one, so don't hit me. ~ Jennifer Echols

Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it mingled alongside vengeance, and only the wise and pure of heart were able to tell the two apart. That kind of justice was swift. It was only called upon afer mercy and morals fail. It was the darkest form of goodness known to anyone, even the gods, and required only the strongest, most daring men to bring about. ~ Evan Meekins

He carried her over the Owl Creek mountain range without stopping," he said, quietly this time. "He carried her until he reached one of the hot springs around what became Chapin, and then he walked into the water with her and held her there for three days. He had about given up when she opened her eyes and whispered his name. ~ Laura Anderson Kurk

C, it was like my breath was stolen. My heart seemed to merge with yours. When you came into my life, all I wanted was you. All I thought about was you. Your smile, your laugh, your lips, and your eyes seemed to hold me captive."


~Tru~ ~ J.L. Clayton