Adult Fiction Quotes

The dining hall in our section of campus was like something out of an Ayn Rand novel: big, utilitarian, and impersonal.

I didn't care, because I loved him, and that was the end of every argument and the beginning of every promise.

How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?

I always thought of the stars like a handful of gems that God randomly tossed across the sky, saying, 'Here, go wherever you please.

I did not know what the future would bring, but I knew that life is not merely about knowledge. It is about the courage and trust that we place in our stories.

Nothing will stop us from stealing our place in the sun. - The Founder from Lost in Atlantis

Every great day has a story and a song!

Creating is like the oxygen in my air.

I think that we all drown, in one way or another.

Some truths are hard to swallow, so we share it within tales that most people will accept without being frightened by the truth hidden within.

You do care. You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

Stay strong. Don't be bullied by anyone.

She paused in the doorway, tipping her head to consider Brittany, who only glared. "You're right. I think most girls don't look like the tooth fairy dresses them every day.

I am not as valuable as the books, I AM the books! They are a part of me I cannot delete or cut off or ignore! I AM CURRENCY! - Nevel Walker

My mom told me once that Wyatt loved her the way a boy will love his mother, but I loved her the way an artist loves another. Jo taught me what that meant.

Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself.So, this was me, getting over myself. And it was about time.

What I know about you, Henry, ” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth.

Don’t worry about paying me. Stay alive, child. You must save yourself. And, whatever you do, don’t forget who you are

I felt absolutely nothing, and that frightened me even more than the darkness of oblivion

Even when the world throws it worst and then turns in its back, there is still always hope

...and now over to our foriegn allegory correspondant, Barv Tweezman." ~The Shielding of Mortimer Townes

Hey, when you love a woman, and when she’s this crazy in love with you, you’ve got to do whatever she says, man.

Wait, ” Quinn said. “There’s one more thing.” I turned around and raised an eyebrow. His eyes were wary and he lacked his usual confidence.“Go to the Winter Dance with me.

But Quinn held the fuzzy handcuffs in his hands, looking them over closely, and he smiled. “Oh, hey, did you want to keep these for when your invisible boyfriend returns from his fake vacation?

To be loved, is to be immortal.

It's the kind of storm that only happens on the highveld, the thunder loud and rapid. Zanele doesn't speak. I need her to. Maybe she is counting the people who have died since we first met.

I wouldn't dignify it with the name immoral.

Were the stars against him? A woman's fingers are quicker in the sky and shine more brightly.

There are moments in our lives that define the people we will become in the future, like a symptom before an ailment, or the catalyst before the cure.

The price of coming from a small town is that everyone knows your story. Your book has been read, shelved, dusted, and re-read by everybody.

Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.

Society gets by from the help of its citizens.

I guess what's most important is that we chose to live with our hearts open and to let our experiences show us the way towards our brightest days.

Couples swayed and embraced to the beat as the singer's vocals soared above a group of confused teenagers and twenty-something's.

What were we, but kids with apartments and jobs anyway?

Christopher was wearing a suit and adorned make-up. As long as I had known him, he never wore a suit or make-up. The look of him defenseless to his appearance saddened me.

Dream-start with dream. Start tonight-become who you want-dream big!" He became animated at this point, "No money needed for dreams. Dreams are free.

In times such as these, life often begs us to seek answers when in reality there are only questions available.

It’s funny how books can change you. You open up a book and one minute you are who you’ve always been, then you read some random passage and you become someone else.

Nick‘s eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in theTwilight Zone?

I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about Emmett Till and the world's brutality.

Pain comes with the decision of choosing what I have to offer now, but this same pain is needed to shape you for the greater destiny ahead.

There are ultimate truths you cannot hide from no matter how high you climb or how long you sit alone. Everything is on its way somewhere, even if that place feels like nowhere.

All our good and bad memories—they were like our B-side diaries. They were like those songs on old dusty punk albums that no one listened to anymore.

I want to tell you that I love you, ” he said. “But I’m afraid you won’t remember it tomorrow.”“There’s no way I would forget that.

The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me

She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.

Congratulations, " she said. "You win.

[Reggie] had a way of picking the bad ideas, which is why we should’ve just said no.(from GAMELAND Episode 1: Deep into the Game)

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever