#adult

About the library," he whispered. He took out the pencil stub from his pocket and poised it over the page. Will you write like Mr. Blake or like yourself?" I inquired. He wrote and whispered the words aloud as he did. "I am in the library. It smells like old stuff." It smells familiar," I suggested. "It smells like words." Because his left side was to me, I couldn't easily take his hand to write. Books are boring," James said as he wrote. They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I offered. He thought about this and then wrote with a smile, "I hate books." From A Certain Slant of Light ↗

— Laura Whitcomb

#libraries #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-fiction

And it is strange that absence can feel like presence. ↗

— Ally Condie

#ally-condie #crossed #dystopia #dystopian-fiction #page-

Don't get me wrong. I love to be alone. When I am by myself, I get to create my own version of reality where I am the popular girl and really pretty, and friends can't wait to talk to me. -Madisyn ↗

— Tara Michener

#cyberbullying #relational-aggression #tara-michener #young-adult-fiction #love

And the scary thing is, I’m on a fast track to that same aviary. Unless I find my wings. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#young-adult-fiction

I was torn. The evil, horny side of me wanted to know more. The good side wanted to feel sympathy and pretend he'd never heard it. I think 'evil horny' is gonna win. - Tyler Campbell (main character) ↗

— Shaina Richmond

#college-romance #erotic-romance #male-point-of-view #erotic-romance

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women. ↗

— Ruth Handler

#dolls #dreams #futures #own #project

Right. Because if you have trouble putting ketchup and mustard on a hot dog, you should totally move on to saving lives. ↗

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

#humour #romance #young-adult #young-adult-romance #funny

I don't think that science and the paranormal have to be at war; in fact, it's crucial that they work together. It seems naïve to believe that the world is exactly as it seems. ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#desire #dreams #love #meant-to-be #past-lives

If everybody was so reverent of the institute of marriage, how did all the adultery get committed? ↗

— Zoë Heller

#marriage #marriage

Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it. ↗

— Jandy Nelson

#young-adult #contemporary