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Quote by Alex Flinn

“Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.”

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Alex Flinn is an American author known for her young adult literature. Her works often explore the challenges and growth of adolescence, and are highly appreciated by young readers. more

“We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the ’60s rolled around, many of us, the gay ones especially, were eager to make a U-turn and fly back the other way. Whether or not the city was obsolete, we couldn’t imagine our personal futures in any other form. The street and the skyline signified to us what the lawn and the highway signified to our parents: a place to breathe free.”

Way Firsts Children Form Turns Grows Parent White Cities Growing Up Imagine Generations Streets Gay Breathe Flight Highways Obsolete Suburbs Lawns Skylines

Author:Herbert Muschamp

“I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.”

Want

Author:Milo Aukerman

“I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.”

Philosophy Lines Roles Basketball Bottom Bottom Line Jerry

Author:John Amaechi

“No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.”

World Matter Home Back Home Home For Christmas

Author:Malaika Arora Khan

“I want to go down in history in a chapter marked miscellaneous because the writers could find no other way to categorize me In this world where classification is key I want to erase the straight lines So I can be me”

World Way Want I Can Lines This World Keys Chapters Erase Miscellaneous Straight Lines Classification

Author:Staceyann Chin

“This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.”

World Want

Author:Naomi Shihab Nye

“I kind of have the most amazing fans ever. They are the most committed, passionate people, and I love them so much.”

People Kind Fans Passionate Committed Most Amazing

Author:Laura Marano

“It's a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, 'What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.' It's delicious and I can't stop eating it, that's what happens.”

Children I Can Happens Water Answers Eating Rain Hot Soldier Fishes Former Nightmare Soup Delicious Vietnamese Rain Water Child Soldier

Author:Kyle Kinane

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