Germ magazine

HIGH SCHOOL & BEYOND: REAL THOUGHTS, REAL WRITING, REAL LIFE.

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Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.

Minor Myers Jr.

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Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep.

William Saroyan

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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Albert Camus

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An Interview with Marie Marquardt, Author of Flight Season

Joshua Flores

“Marie Marquardt is the author behind the beautifully rendered Flight Season, a YA novel about college, love, and new beginnings. Her writing brings to life the chaos of adolescence and the sweet yet awkward nature of first love. Marquardt tackles the fluffy and serious aspects of young adult life, bringing teens an honest and lovable novel that’s nearly impossible not to enjoy... Marie Marquardt and I discussed her inspiration for Flight Season, immigration, and tackling college life in YA.”

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Creativity is a home cooked meal, a heart that welcomes others into your home, a garden full, a handwritten note… the things that make life beautiful.

Jeanne Oliver

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I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself – accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.

Lupita Nyong’o

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

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Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Walt Whitman

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You may not be where you want to be, but you can look back and be thankful you're not where you used to be.

Joel Osteen

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We Are All That’s Left: A Moving, Powerful Look at Family and War

Joshua Flores

“This novel challenged me and brought to my attention where YA fiction needs to go. While her previous releases were very well-written and enjoyable, this is by far her best work. Arcos gives young adults the chance to experience history they may not be familiar with while tackling relatable topics that are certain to resonate. In short, We Are All That’s Left is beautiful and has to be read.”

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It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Tracy Chevaliers

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We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

Carson McCullers

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Adriane

Aiyana

“Of all the boys I’ve thought I’ve loved, you’re not particularly the one I imagined would make me cry.”

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You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

Coco Chanel

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Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

Charlaine Harris

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So Many Words…

Chianne

“So many words but I still can’t find how to tell you ‘you mean the world to me’ I still can’t locate the one word that will show you how much I care”

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Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.

Vincent van Gogh