Bookingham Palace

A blog that shares all the best quotes ever written and read. Currently Reading: A Place To Come To, Robert Penn Warren

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It was a mistake, you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

-David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

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flux, n. The natural state. Our moods change. Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. Accept this. We must accept this.

-David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

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ex-boyfriend 1: You're too clingy. ex-boyfriend 2: You're too singy. ex-boyfriend 3: You're so massive. ex-boyfriend 4: I'm too passive. ex-boyfriend 5: I'd rather be friends. ex-boyfriend 6: I don't date tight ends. ex-boyfriend 7: I found another guy. ex-boyfriend 8: I don't have to tell you why. ex-boyfriend 9: I don't feel the spark. ex-boyfriend 10: It was only a lark. ex-boyfriend 11: You mean you won't put out? ex-boyfriend 12: I can't conquer my doubt. ex-boyfriend 13: I have other things to do. ex-boyfriend 14: I have other guys to screw ex-boyfriend 15: All our love has been in your head. ex-boyfriend 16: I'm worried that you'll break my bed. ex-boyfriend 17: I think I'll just stay home and read. ex-boyfriend 18: I think you're in love with my need.

-David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Try-error-try-error-try-error-try-error-try-error-try . . . at least fifteen more rounds . . . then try-error-try-it.

-David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.

-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Caring doesn't sometimes lead to misery, it always does.

-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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I just want you to be happy. If that's with me or with someone else or with nobody. I just want you to be happy. I just want you to be okay with life.

-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it's all these small pieces of paper and someone's turned on the fan. But talking to you makes me feel like the fan's been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.

-John Green. Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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I feel like crying is almost totally avoidable if you follow two very simple rules. 1. Don't care too much. 2. Shut up.

-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Dying-shucks! If you kin handle the living, whats to be afraid of the dying?

-Robert Penn Warren, A Place To Come To

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Are not all American's great joiners as you say?-and you join because you cannot bear your loneliness.

-Robert Penn Warren, A Place To Come To

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It was times like these, when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

-Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

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It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

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No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry. but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real?

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.

-Ally Condie, Matched