Young Adult Fiction Quotes

“Part of me wanted to jump to my feet, just so I could scream at him, for my anger to fill up the entire room so that he might feel it in his bones.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“He looked around, check to see if anyone was coming, then suddenly tilted her face up with one hand.

'Alanna,' he whispered, 'I'm takin advantage of you now, because I may never catch you with your hands full again.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“The thief's fingers touched her chin gently, making her look up.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“She thought he was asleep. 'I love you, Jonathan,' she whispered.

A long arm sneaked around her...”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“He chuckled, his eyes warming. 'I'll tell you someday, kitten – if you're very good.'

She blushed. A cautious thought warned, you'll be in trouble if you don't watch out!”
― Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant

“Dragon–man, do you bring your kitten to us for testing? You may not want the overgrown cat ... She is a champion, like you, but different. Always different.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant

“The lioness is known and respected. A king who commands your loyalty is worth paying attention to.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant

“Why wasn't society sympathetic towards black people? Their land had been stolen. Their neighborhoods were burned down. Many of them faced mass eviction. Slavery. Segregation. Being barred from achieving an education and getting a high-end job.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“We were alone in a world had taken so much from us, struggling to hold onto hope amidst the wreckage that remained.”
― Virginia Mary, Across the Great Ocean: Awakening

“I find it an interesting concept, that of The House. I dreaded it terribly for years but my own shoulders have long been crushed under it. Yet, still I rose and fear it no more.
The House is not just our ancestral home of Somerset Hall. That may be its physical aspect, but the concept spans so much wider than the estate itself. The House is a whole dynamic yet, timeless concept, that passes from generation to generation, probably until the end of the World. And even so, I am not so certain about that.”
― LUMI, Eleanora's Sundown: Eleanora's Sundown, #1

“We pray. Prayer changes things. It transforms people. It changes their situations.—Kenneth Elrod”
― Lydia V. Simms, Broken & Betrayed I: A Shocking Heartbreak

“Nowadays, many young teenagers are encouraged by the world to do what is considered as evil in God’s eyes.—Kenneth Elrod”
― Lydia V. Simms, Broken & Betrayed II: Chaos

“If the Rebels catch me I could be hanged.”
― Jane Singer, Falcon: A Civil War Spy Fiction

“Pregnancy is not something to take lightly,” he continued. “My mother suffered through two pregnancies, and nobody took care of her. Not even the doctors she went to. They told her that it was normal, that gestational hypertension and diabetes are something that many pregnant women experience, and that she was just being dramatic.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Dramatic. Was it normal for doctors to think black women were professional actresses, using their pregnancies to try to garner sympathy and attention from others?”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“I love you,” he said to her. “And I want you to know that you have a special place in my heart. You’re the first and only woman I've ever loved like this.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“For a few minutes, Solana basked in his embrace. He was the perfect husband. The man who understood her more than anyone else. The love of her life, the father of her baby, and the first and only man she’d ever put her trust in.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“She wanted Webb to know that she was done dealing with all of this. And she didn’t care about losing her job. If she lost her job for taking a stand against racism and sexism against black women coming from Webb, she’d calmly walk away and stand up for what she believed was right.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Although Marisol’s words were factual, they hit Charlize much too hard. Charlize was well aware of the racism and sexism that women of color faced. The institutional racism was real, and her mother had been a victim of it.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Solana pressed her hand to her stomach and the fluttering increased. The baby’s response to the mother’s touch.

“I'll never let you down,” she said. But she wasn’t sure if she could keep that promise. She felt so heartbroken for Mylez, so heartbroken for his innocent son, Jabari, who would have to grow up without a mother.

Motherlessness—Solana knew what it felt like firsthand because her mother abandoned her. And it still hurt, although she was a grown adult who could hold her own when it happened.”
― Lydia V. Simms, Solana

“Every hand he shook, every influential figure he met, was for nothing, it was all a pull of strings orchestrating a grand betrayal.”
― Cedric Ennis, The Secret Academy and the Warden's Wrath

“We gave them everything,” the now drunken man spoke in a splendid stupor, his left foot wobbled below him, and his right foot had acted like an anchor, drilling through the floor.”
― Cedric Ennis, The Secret Academy and the Warden's Wrath

“We've had our chance—no, we've had countless chances to prove we can do civilization right, and we always blow it. I don't know. Maybe it's time we let another form of intelligence take a stab at it.”
― J.M. Lanham, AI: Artificial Incompetence

“A new era had arrived, but it would be mine to rule.”
― Elora Cook, In the Company of Killers

“Trees whisper their mysterious secrets to those who listen: THE FORESTBORNS”
― Vardhini Amin

“Starbucks coffee, first thing in the morning. Without which she pictured herself a zombie.”
― Sameer Khan Brohi, Her Sheytan Is Not Real

“She chews the inside of her cheek, thinking. She’s polite with her anger, like she doesn’t want her inability to control to affect others. She paces, struggling to catch her breath. I sit still, unsure how to help. I cover my mouth so she has more air to breathe.”
― Grace Wethor, Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering

“It was a fact. We were scared. But something about being scared together made it feel less so. Because the fact that we were doing something together meant we were already rebuilding what had been broken.”
― Grace Wethor, Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering

“Any pile, object, or mess on earth can be beautiful if you look at it with love. If you look at it with no resistance, no history. But when I go to sleep at night, I’m just a human. I’m just a body. I’m not a God; I’m just a girl.”
― Grace Wethor, Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering

“But as she stands in front of me smiling, her grin taunts me, filling me with anger and frustration. Her face has become a symbol for everything I’m not. And unfortunately for her, one can’t separate their face from their soul. Nor their soul from their intentions.”
― Grace Wethor, Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering