“ Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived. Margaret A. Edwards
“ One thing was certain: he was my one. Most people go on their whole lives and never find their one, but I found mine. I found him when I was twelve-years-old. Jennifer Edlund
“ Perfume counters in department stores, Holly Deblin smells of, the middle of July, and cinnamon Tic Tacs. David Mitchell
“ Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together. And of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches. - How to make an American Quilt Anonymous
“ Everything around her was in a fog; the intense light that always shone in his aqua blue eyes was the only thing in focus, but it was suddenly unknown... different... almost embarrassing. Mirella Muffarotto
“ If she had looked into his eyes at that very moment she would have seen the inferno that she had thrown him into. Mirella Muffarotto
“ Girl going past clinging to a young man's arm. Putting up her face like a duck to the moon. Drinking joy. Green in her eyes. Spinal curvature. No chin, mouth like a frog. Young man like a pug. Gazing… Joyce Cary
