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“Surely, she was too young to have so many ghosts.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire

“او پانزده ساله بود. این یعنی به یک زیرگروه خاص انسانی به اسم«نوجوان»تعلق داشت، مهم ترین مشخصه های این گروه مقاومت اندک در مقابل جاذبه، مجموعه لغاتی از غرولند ها، فقدان آگاهی مکانی، مقدار زیادی فکر به جنس مخالف، و اشتهای پایان ناپذیر برای غلات صبحانه بود.”
― Matt Haig, The Humans

“Yes, high school...the land of drama queens and egocentric football players.”
― Hermione Daguin, Guess what? Life happened.

“Big girls do cry.”
― Eskay Teel, Alice in Worcestershire

“Mungkin hidup membosankan itu malah yang kayak kita lakukan sekarang. Bersenang-senang terus, nggak mikirin masa depan. Mungkin kalo kita mikirin masa depan malah jadi ada tantangannya.”
― Ayu Welirang, Halo, Tifa

“The neighborhood felt like a family. And like every family, there were dysfunctions and disagreements, but everyone knew you could count on each other. Being a Muslim, a Croat, or a Serb was never a source of contention; rather, being a bad neighbor was.”
― Nadija Mujagic, Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir

“My mother cried every day, on a cue, as if someone tapped her on a shoulder and said "Go! Now!" She looked thin, and her hair looked disheveled, getting longer, flat on the top with curly remnants from a perm on each side. I didn't know what to say or do partially because she never tried to explain her sudden outbursts, so I thought she wanted us to leave her alone to mourn in peace.”
― Nadija Mujagic, Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir

“The newly found peace eventually proved as shell-shocking as the beginning of the war. We couldn't get used to it.”
― Nadija Mujagic, Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir

“Yet, they don’t know anything about who I am really�� like I’m not sure if I know who I am��! They just see what they see. I’m not sure if Ray understands me completely or not, so how are they going to, just looking at my profile photos on their computers clicking away. They just want to feel the inside of me, not get inside of me.

(Yah- know.)

So anyway, at lunch today. Jenny is somewhat okay, that I want to be with Ray�� so she said, at the table smelling through her teeth. The stipulation she gave was only if we keep on nodding terms, like with all the other guys or even girls I am with. So that means that I can have a full-blown relationship, whether I find them attractive if they're popular, hot, or not. That I can only hook up with a girl or boy, yet not stay with them. It made no sense to me. At the time I didn’t get it.

Just like I didn’t get it when I saw Maddie was wearing bunny slippers, and a holy bathrobe to school today.

Looking like, she was ridden hard and put away wet. I giggled so hard in math class today when she walked into the room; I think I snorted loudly.”
― Marcel Ray Duriez, Nevaeh Falling too You