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“Honestly, what planet do these people live on? And why isn't it farther away?”

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Louise Rennison was a British author best known for her young adult novels. Her work is characterized by humor and wit, and has been highly appreciated by young readers. Born in 1951, she passed away on February 29, 2016. more

“Why does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to control my life -- how I look, whom I see, what I do or don't do? Why can't they just let me alone?" "Because you're beautiful," Ann answers, watching the fire lick her palm. "People always think they can own beautiful things.”

People Thinking Want Looks Doe Hands Beautiful Answers Fire Let Me Beautiful Things Palms Me Alone You Re Beautiful

Book:The Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Source: The Gemma Doyle Trilogy

“He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him.”

Ifs Heart Strong Bones Heat Muscles Necks Guts

Book:A Gathering Light

Source: A Gathering Light

“Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.”

Thinking Seems Used Vision Forever Failing Stupid Mines Blind Folks Complaining Get Better Eyesight

Book:A Gathering Light

Source: A Gathering Light

“She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.”

Made Together Saws Computer Screens Teeth Maps Stomach Hung Bent Flirting Fists Computer Screen

Book:Maximum Ride: The Final Warning

Source: Maximum Ride: The Final Warning

“True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trials; then it is that true faith appears much more precious than gold, and upon this account is "found to praise and honour and glory.”

Real Found Christianity Virtue Divine Glory Advantage Gold Accounts Praise Lovely Trials Honour Oppressed True Faith Real Christianity

Book:The Works of Jonathan Edwards

Source: The Works of Jonathan Edwards

“Most importantly, it´s in giving thanks.”

Giving Thanks

Author:Lauren Conrad

“It's funny how you can go from hating a girl to maybe liking her, maybe liking her a lot, just because she shows a little interest in you.”

Littles Shows Hate Girl Interest

Book:The Cardturner

Source: The Cardturner

“Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.”

Heart Grace Glory Seeds Earnest Inheritance

Book:The Religious Affections

Source: The Religious Affections

“When I turned the corner, I saw Toni waving at me from the elevator. I think I've already told you how it made me feel to see her smile and wave at me. You can have your sunsets and waterfalls. If a piano were to suddenly fall on my head, that's the image I'd want forever engraved in my mind. —Alton Richard”

Ifs Thinking Want Feels Mind Made Fall Forever Saws Wave Corners Piano Sunset Elevators Waterfalls Her Smile Engraved

Book:The Cardturner

Source: The Cardturner

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