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I don’t think I’ll ever be happy until I figure out who I am and it comes down to me not being a hundred percent happy with the life I have.

- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”

“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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I’m ready to lose myself,

but I’m not ready to lose you.

I’m ready to find myself,

But I’m not ready for you to know what I find.

- You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

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It’s weirdly possessive and obsessive to like someone; you want to learn all of his stories before anyone else and sometimes you want to be the only one who knows at all.

- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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It’s never occurred to me that the stars are still up there shining even in the daytime when we can’t see them.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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If the blind can find joy in music, and the deaf can discover it with colors, I will do my best to always find the sun in the darkness because my life isn’t one sad ending–it’s a series of endless happy beginnings.

- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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When people fall in love, they burst into flames.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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You are kind and too good for the bad you’ve lived through.

- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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If you looked inside me, I bet you’d find two different hearts beating for two different people, like the sun and moon up at the same time, a terrible eclipse I’m the only witness to. My worlds collided and I can’t get up.

- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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I didn’t know you could get buried in your own silence.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you’ve been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall,the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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She can turn clean, white walls into the crumbling sides of a castle. She can turn an indoor space into a garden. She’s an artist. It hurts to be this close to her.

- Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

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“Your close calls are getting old. I thought you knew how to run.”

“I thought you told me to stop running.”

- The King’s Men by Nora Sakavic

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His soul might be a sun. I’ve never met anyone who had the sun for a soul.

- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

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He’d never been claustrophobic but the weight of so much hatred has almost crushed every bone in his body.

- The King’s Men by Nora Sakavic