#mine:read

[ourblueming]

legendborn by tracy deonn

I recognize that sound. It's the sound of holding on to a cliff by the edge of your nails. The sound of barely containing a pain so immense that to look at it, to raise your own flesh and examine what's beneath, is to risk falling into a darkness you know you'll never escape.

[ourblueming]

lit edit: foolish hearts by emma mills

“It just feels like..." Her voice small. "Sometimes it just feels like I'm faking."

"Maybe everyone feels that way.”

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dumplin’ by julie murphy

Sometimes figuring out who you are means understanding that we are a mosaic of experiences. I’m Dumplin’. And Will and Willowdean. I’m fat. I’m happy. I’m insecure. I’m bold.

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the secret of a heart note by stacey lee

“Elixirs whisper to the mind what the heart already knows.”

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lit edit: the book thief by markus zusak

The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

[ourblueming]

lit edit: heist society series by ally carter

“That’s a lovely piece,“ Kat said, pointing at a Louis XV armoire near the fireplace. 

The man raised his eyebrows. "Did you come to steal it?”

“Darn it,” Kat said with a snap of her fingers.“I knew I should have brought my big purse.”

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anne of green gables by l. m. montgomery

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

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by your side by kasie west

It was hard to remember what I’d been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn’t accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable in my own skin. I hoped I could do that moving forward.

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penryn & the end of days by susan ee

‘Being human isn’t about whether you fit in or look like the rest of us. It’s about who you are and what you’re willing to do or not do.’

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lit edit: shatter me trilogy by tahereh mafi

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

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lit edit: since you’ve been gone by morgan matson

Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home. And real friends never have to tell you that they’re your friends.

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lit edit: the hating game by sally thorne

“The trick is to find that one person who can give it back as good as they can take it.”

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lit edit: to all the boys i’ve loved before by jenny han

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That’s the part of the risk. I don’t want to be scared anymore.

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lit edit: embassy row series by ally carter

“Keep your chin up. Eventually, you will meet someone who cares about your opinion. I’m so sorry I’m not her.”

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lit edit: saving francesca by melina marchetta

I can’t believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn’t set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don’t feel free. I feel like shit.

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lit edit: rebel belle by rachel hawkins

Bruce Wayne’s parents get killed and he goes to Tibet or whatever, and Superman is an alien, and Spiderman had that radioactive spider. Me? I kissed a janitor in the school bathroom.