Quotes from Authors

"Love humiliates you. Hatred cradles you." ~~White Oleander by Janet Fitch

"We accept the love we think we deserve." ~~The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am." ~~The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." ~~Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

"She did not feel she could be a writer because she lacked the courage to let anyone read her words." ~~A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice (This one hits home. I feel I suck as a writer regardless of who reads my writing.)

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ~~Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

"Mrs. Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence." ~~Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Listen to the mustn't child. Liten to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn't, the impossibles, the wont's. Listn to the neverh aves, then listen close to me...Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." ~~Shel Silverstein

“We lived in the attic, Christopher, Cory, Carrie, and me. Now there are only three.” ~~Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews