“ Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and utterly illogical? You're my ideal reader, friend, partner. I'm your fan. Brook Tesla
“ Trying to understand her teenage daughter’s behavior was like trying to listen to a recording of a symphony whose volume vacillated unpredictably from barely audible to deafening. She couldn’t hear th… Sonja Yoerg
“ I automatically assume people won't like me, so I don't talk to them unless they approach me first. I can't become a part of a crowd because I can't get past that feeling that I don't belong. Stephanie Kuehnert
“ My son, my son. When I had my son I would explain all that to him when he was starry enough to like understand. But then I knew he would not understand or would not want to understand at all and would… Anthony Burgess
“ I often wonder what happened to those few I spent my youth in battle beside, those select individuals whom I was drawn to simply by coincidence, whom I joined forces with against an unknown future and… Daniel J. Rice
“ He’s drowning, suffocating under the weight of my darkness and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Aimee L. Salter
“ Carla had realised there wasn’t just one destined adventure in life, there were thousands of them. Claire Chilton
“ Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison. Chris Wooding
“ I guess I had always sort of fantasized that a guy would see me and get past the ponytail and the glasses and the giant sweatshirt to discover how insanely awesome I am, then come and whisk me off int… Jeff Sampson
“ The same teen who can't legally operate a four-wheeler, or [ATV]...in a farm lane workplace environment can operate a jacked-up F-250 pickup on a crowded urban expressway. By denying these [farm work]… Joel Salatin
“ It's not new, our valuation of young female people for how they can serve, satisfy, and satiate. Our girls are both the platter and the meal, and we eat them up--we eat their meat, we lap up their swe… Elana K. Arnold
“ Life is full of challenges. In the end it's getting up that pulls us through the dark day's. So that we can admire the sunset Azelene Williams
“ Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire the sunset. Azelene Williams
“ The more I write stories for young people, and the more young readers I meet, the more I'm struck by how much kids long to see themselves in stories. To see their identities and perspectives—their ava… Paolo Bacigalupi
“ As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, ye… Sherman Alexie
