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“But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone else 'but you're only sixteen, everyone else is doing it' Or one day someone will tell your daughter that she's only thirteen and everyone else is doing it. I don't want to do it because everyone else is doing it.”

Book:Looking for Alibrandi

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Looking for Alibrandi

This novel follows the journey of a young woman named Josie Alibrandi as she navigates the complexities of adolescence, cultural heritage, and the search for her own identity amidst the backdrop of a multicultural Australian family. more

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Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta is an Australian author renowned for her young adult literature. Her works often delve into complex interpersonal relationships and profound emotional experiences, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“I didn't relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn't relate well to people, period. Even my mother, who I was closer to than anyone else on the planet, was never in harmony with me, never on exactly the same page. Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs. Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.”

People Ifs World Wells Sometimes Eye Age Mother Brain Seeing Planets Periods Pages Harmony Relate Through My Eyes Glitches

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“You’re in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love’s not a strong enough word—you have my devotion, your name branded on my soul, my wolf yours to command. A hundred years? It’ll never be enough. I want eternity.”

Want Years Soul Enough Names Strong Hundred Eternity Breaths Devotion Command My Soul Strong Enough Deep Inside Intertwined Branded

Book:Kiss of Snow

Source: Kiss of Snow

“Everybody counts or nobody counts”

Book:The Last Coyote

Source: The Last Coyote

“Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it.”

World Persons Used Grows Insanity Hospitals

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.”

Ifs Should Memories Cases Built Ill Obvious Ships Occasions Remembered Selection Utility Keel

Book:The Principles of Psychology

Source: The Principles of Psychology

“Edward: It wasn't the worst night of my life. Jake: Did it make the top ten? Edward: Possibly. But, if I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten of the best nights of my life. Dream about that.”

Ifs Made Dream Able Lasts Night Worst Ten Last Night Jake Life Dream Best Night Best Night Of My Life

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“Why can’t I drink the potion instead?” asked Harry desperately. “Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable,” said Dumbledore.”

Said Drink Valuable

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Tyrion Lannister could not have been more astonished if Aegon the Conqueror himself had burst into the room, riding on a dragon and juggling lemon pies.”

Ifs Has Beens Rooms Dragons Riding Pie Conqueror Lemons Juggling Tyrion Lannisters

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

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