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Top 10 Inspiring
Quotes from books – inspires, challenges, makes you think, encourages you, etc.
1-
Into the Still Blue
by Veronica Rossi- I read and loved all 3 books in this series- Though they
come from different worlds, Perry and Aria find each other and their relationship
is inspiring, gripping, and all
encompassing.
What I was trying to say," Perry whispered, is that I
see you in everything. There isn't a word for you that means enough, because
you're everything to me." Perfect words," Aria said, her smile
wobbling with emotion. "Magical." His mouth found hers again, his
kisses hungry, his weight settling onto her. She wove her fingers in his damp
curls, and she was gone. Swept away. Nothing else existed beyond his body and
hers, moving like strength and surrender, folded into one.
2-
The Night Circus by
Erin Morgenstern – this book was beautiful and haunting in description and
I luxuriated in the Celia and Marco relationship as the magical circus takes on
a life of its own.
“I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop
thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.”
3-
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy
Nelson - There is so much to totally love about
this book- family lies, secrets, jealousies but also deep abiding love,
compassion, and artistic brilliance.
“I gave up
practically the whole world for you,” I tell him, walking through the front
door of my own love story. “The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it
all up for you.”
“Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people,” I
say. “Maybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time.” Hauling them in
as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find
our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the
world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.”
4- 
All The Bright
Places – Jennifer Niven – a very meaningful read - No matter what we think about these Finch
and Violet ---this book speaks volumes about teens and what they grapple with
on a daily basis-bullying, death, suicide, depression, mental illness, labels,
stigmas, family dysfunction, drugs, you name it!
“You have been in every way all that anyone could
be.… If anybody could have saved me it would have been you.”
The thing I realize is that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.
5- 
The Darkest Part
of the Forest by Holly Black - this dark
world of Faerie folk living side by side in Fairfold is cunningly slow to
unfold. So read very closely all the juicy details and bread crumbs...
“And elsewhere in the woods, there is another party, one taking place
inside a hollow hill, full of night-blooming flowers. There, a pale boy plays a
fiddle with newly mended fingers while his sister dances with his best friend.
There, a monster whirls about, branches waving in time with the music. There, a prince of the Folk takes up the
mantle of king, embracing a changeling like a brother, and, with a human boy at
his side, names a girl his champion.”
6- 
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell- It is Park and
Eleanor who slowly, but surely find one another first through comic books, then
music, then conversation. None of their relationship and then their romance is
easy, but they find each other and hold on.
“I don't like you, Park," she said, sounding for a second like she
actually meant it. "I..." - her voice nearly disappeared -
"think I live for you."
7- 
Gabi: A Girl in Pieces by Isabel
Quintero - What I love about Gabi's voice and character is that she is so
authentic; she is hilarious in her thoughts and words (she is a wonderful
writer and poet- she is compassionate- she is confused) she is just a teen
looking for answers.
“The way my Tia looks at Raul is the way I look at Martin. He makes her
happy and helps her see that she is stronger than she thought she was. It's not
that he makes her stronger, but he definitely helps her see that she has been
strong all along.”
8- 
Through the Ever Night by
Veronica Rossi
Aria “Do you ever miss anything?”Perry smiled, 'You, all the time.”
9- 
Perfect Chemistry by Simone
Elkeles – gotta love those Fuentes brothers!
“You are the one girl that made me risk everything for a
future worth having.”
10. 
I Hunt Killers by
Barry Lyga the best serial killer series!!!
“Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in
the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew it wasn't
hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And
the kind of flowers you send to funerals.”
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
Sold by Patricia McCormick- a girl from Nepal is sold into prostitution by her stepfather.
Slave by Mende Nazer Nonfiction - kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (1) by Laini Taylor
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds'
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The Winner's Curse (1) by Marie Rutkoski
The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith
Happy Again by Jennifer E. Smith
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour