“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.” —John Green
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1. "You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it too, and that's what scares you the most."
—Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
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2. "Because sometimes chance and circumstance can seem like the most appalling injustice, but we just have to adapt. That's all we can do."
—Gavin Extence, The Universe Versus Alex Woods
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3. "I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good."
—John Corey Whaley, Where Things Come Back
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4. "Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life."
―Christopher Paolini, Eragon
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5. "Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots."
—John Green, Paper Towns
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6. "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love."
―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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7. "I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed."
—Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
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