“When my phone chimes with a text message on Monday morning, I'm still in that dreamy state between sleep and awake where you can pretty much convince yourself of anything. Like that a teen Mick Jagger is waiting in your driveway to take you to school. Or that your favorite book series ended with an actual satisfying conclusion, instead of what the author tried to pass off as a satisfying conclusion.” BooksConclusionTrueMondays Book:A Week of Mondays Source: A Week of Mondays
“Forgetting who you are is so much more complicated than simply forgetting your name. It's also forgetting your dreams. Your aspirations. What makes you happy. What you pray you'll never have to live without. It's meeting yourself for the first time, and not being sure of your first impression.” DreamsSadnessForgettingFirst ImpressionsAspirationsMemory LossWords Of RevelationSeraphina Book:Unremembered Source: Unremembered
“Been looking for me long, Officer?" she asked in the most teasing voice she could muster. But it felt forced. And stupid. And desperate. And she was tired of being memorable. Now she just wanted to go back into hiding.” SadTired Book:The System Divine Trilogy (Boxed Set): Sky Without Stars; Between Burning Worlds; Suns Will Rise Source: The System Divine Trilogy (Boxed Set): Sky Without Stars; Between Burning Worlds; Suns Will Rise
“I am no longer hesitant. I am ready. I am fearless.” ReadyFearlessUnchangedSeraphinaSeraJessica Brody Book:Unchanged Source: Unchanged
“We call that real problem the SHARD OF GLASS. It's a psychological wound that has been festering beneath the surface of your hero for a long time. The skin has grown over it, leaving behind an unsightly scar that causes your hero to act in the way they act and make the mistakes that they do (flaws!). You, as the author and creator of this world, have to decide how this shard of glass got there. Why is your hero so flawed? What happens to them to make them the way they are?” WritingBookNovelPsychologyHeroNon FictionCraftDraftingMain Character Book:Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Source: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
“Tristan was the soundtrack of my summer. The beat I walked to. The melody I breathed in and out. The lyrics I lived by.” LoveMusicMetaphor Book:A Week of Mondays Source: A Week of Mondays
“Life is messy for the rest of us. You have it really good here, you know? Promise me you won't forget that.” LifeGratefulnessUnchangedCrestJessice Brody Book:Unchanged Source: Unchanged
“I'm not brainwashed." I wish everyone would stop using that word to describe me. "That's exactly what someone who's been brainwashed would say.” BrainwashedUnchangedSeraphinaSeraJessica BrodySevan Book:Unchanged Source: Unchanged
“We all need to believe in something. It gives us a reason to get up in the morning. Something to fight for.” LifeBelieveFightUnchangedSeraphinaSeraJessica Brody Book:Unchanged Source: Unchanged
“When you fail, fail, and then find your 'No' in life, your Next Opportunity. When you find your next opportunity, say: Yes... always yes.” UnchangedUnforgottenUnremembered Book:Unchanged Source: Unchanged