Best Young Adult Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 9

“Hmmm, good isn’t fun, but I’ll try,” he whispers to me. ~ The Light Tamer”

Love Relationship Sweet Young Adult Sexy Kiss The Light Tamer

“If it was anyone else he'd be pissed if they were still here, but not you”

Love Relationship Young Adult New Adult Damaged One Night Stands

Source: Never Enough

“While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.”

Love Fiction Fantasy Gold Importance Value Young Adult Young Adult Fiction Fantasy Fiction Young Adult Fantasy

Book:The Black Banner

Source: The Black Banner

“If you can’t cope with that, then that’s your problem, not mine.", Summer Jones in Loving Summer by Kailin Gow”

Summer Dating Young Adult Beach Contemporary Romance Social Issues Kailin Gow Strong Female Characters Loving Summer

Author:Kailin Gow

“I take small, shallow breaths, even though my lungs are begging for more air. I feel the heat of Ten’s controlled breaths against my face. As we stand there, it feels as if an electric charge is growing between us, so powerful that it would shock us if we moved even a millimeter closer together. And yet I feel like I want to.”

Love Romance Choices Passion Sex Relationships Dating Young Adult Teen Fiction Soulmate New Adult

Book:Above the Sky

Source: Above the Sky

“The Suitors Ball is fast approaching and it's a nasty reminder that my suitor will be chosen shortly. I feel sorry for the poor unfortunate guy, whichever one of them it happens to be.”

Love Romance Dating Science Fiction Young Adult Paranormal Dystopia Science Fiction Romance Suitors Dystopian Romance Ya Series

Book:True Calling

Source: True Calling

“I'm already under the covers when he comes in. I watch as he takes off his shirt and jeans, and climbs into bed beside me. On any other occasion, the sight and feel of his near naked body would send my blood pressure into orbit, but I'm so exhausted by the events of today that I'm incapable of feeling anything even close to desire. And he doesn't ask anything of me.”

Love Romance Dating Science Fiction Young Adult Paranormal Dystopia Science Fiction Romance Suitors Dystopian Romance Ya Series

Book:True Calling

Source: True Calling

“Most kids grow sullen and angry when they’re working through issues, but Thanet mustered up another kind of bull-headed strength. The kind that sees beyond circumstances to what really matters. How could anyone hurt a soul that lovely?”

Grief Dating Young Adult Bullying Teen Fiction Ya Fiction Glass Girl Laura Anderson Kurk Meg Kavanagh Henry Whitmire Cerebral Palsy Thanet

Book:Glass Girl

Source: Glass Girl

“Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings.”

Romance Grief Dating Young Adult Ya Ya Fiction Glass Girl Laura Anderson Kurk Meg Kavanagh Henry Whitmire Teen Books

Book:Glass Girl

Source: Glass Girl

“And you couldn't say 'vagina' without giggling. If you can't say it, you dont get to go near it”

Funny Sex Young Adult True

Book:The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

Source: The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

“Paranoia. The more you think of an imaginary problem, the more you feel as though it’s real –”

Source: Nightmarish Sacrifice

“I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions into safe lulling warmth, thus isolating me from the sharp dead-cold edges of the truth hiding behind their endearingly smooth textures and tender soothing colours. Secrets could be so irresistibly beautiful...”

Source: Nightmarish Sacrifice

“But really, Milton and Einstein were kind of saying the same thing. That everything is subjective in the human mind. Our emotions, our opinions, they're all relative. It all depends on perspective.”

Life Mind Perspective Mental Health Young Adult Subjective Relativity

Book:My Heart and Other Black Holes

Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes

“Only the untended bonsai tree in the corner of the room didn't try to control Zaria.”

Fiction Fantasy Stress Pressure Young Adult Control Trees Scifi

Book:All Things Weird & Strange

Source: All Things Weird & Strange

“There was a lump in her throat as she watched him fidget with the buttons on his vest, and it struck her as the truest form of kindness, the most basic sort of love: to be worried about the one who was worrying about you.”

Love Worry True Love Young Adult Pure Love True Love In Time

Book:The Geography of You and Me

Source: The Geography of You and Me

“Even if I'm petrified of not being enough for him to let me in. I know I can fight or fly at the moment and I think I might decide to fight for once.”

Worry Young Adult New Adult New Relationship Fight Or Flight Scared Young Love

Book:Never Enough

Source: Never Enough

“I’m scared that you’ll make me love you…and then you’ll leave me.”

Love Romance Worry Fantasy Young Adult Teenage Teen Love

Book:No Secrets: Remastered

Source: No Secrets: Remastered

“Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth.”

Truth Romance Young Adult Rumor Rumors Hearsay Pushing The Limits Katie Mcgarry Gospel Truth Chasing Impossible

Book:Chasing Impossible

Source: Chasing Impossible

“There is no such thing as a disability, and we say diffability, because we know you are all different, and possess different abilities.”

Differences Diversity Young Adult Disability Diversity And Inclusion Young Adult Series Disability Quotes Diverse Characters Disabilities Disability Awareness

Book:The Light of Winter

Source: The Light of Winter

“Black children have to lose their innocence before white children do. They can't afford the luxury of just reading about the impact of racism and white supremacy in a book, because they're living it every day. Because oftentimes it means life or death.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Being someone who supports people of color and stands against racism isn't easy. Sometimes it requires sacrifice and having difficult conversations -- but that will never be as difficult as actually being impacted by racism.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“I trust you, and that why I'll be honest and tell you that change is not easy. For some people, it won't matter that we're friends, or that you're friends with people who are like me.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“We need to do away with the idea of 'normal,' especially when it's used as a stand-in for 'mainstream' (whether that's white or anything else seen as such). Because at the heart of this difference between normal and abnormal is the belief that these so-called normal things are neutral.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“I'm asking you to protect one another and learn from one another. I'm asking you to turn 'different' into the new normal, and then tell others to do the same.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“We have to learn to see with new eyes, hear with new ears, and find new ways to trust other people's words when they tell us and show us how we're hurting them. Because doing the right thing sometimes means putting the pain of others before our own, especially if we are part of creating it.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“While this book is meant to be a guide for white people to understand and be better, it's important that white people also understand that it isn't the duty of Black people or people of color to explain things. I'm doing so because I hope it can ultimately make change for my community.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“A large part of white privilege is that it steers white people toward their cultural comfort zones.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“From white women wearing their hair in box braids to non-Native Americans wearing stereotypical Native American attire on Halloween (or anytime), cultural appropriation is one of the most frequently disrespectful and racist occurrences in society.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Part of what makes cultural appropriation so problematic is that it ignores the need for understanding the actual history and people who own the culture. People can learn and appreciate, but unless they are from that group, they can never fully understand.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“No one would be comfortable being racist around someone who truly stands against racism, because they would know there'd be consequences.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“If I'm being honest with you, white people don't have to change; they will be fine without doing so. But white people should change, because just being fine shouldn't be good enough.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“There is a world that we can create that is stronger and more enjoyable if we all learn from one another and develop understanding that doesn't allow us to simply survive but to thrive.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Affirmative action is letting some Black kids sit in the same row as most of the white kids. It's giving an opportunity to a person who would not otherwise have it because of discriminatory systems.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Black people and people of color are taught in school, in the media, and in everyday interactions to be empathetic and understanding of white people and their history. But most white people never have to do the same for us.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“I've come to realize that a fear of accountability is why white people say things like 'I don't see color' and 'Why does everything have to be about race?' Because to see my color, to see my culture, to see my race, would also mean taking responsibility for how white people have historically treated people my color, with my culture, from my race.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Where do white people start? How does someone learn empathy? Is it by watching a specific movie? Listening to an album? I think it starts with understanding.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“The Black Friend is the person who is willing to speak the truth to the white people in their lives, to call them out when they do or say something hurtful, ignorant, or offensive.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“My focus is on using everything at my disposal, from storytelling to access to finances, to help create a better and freer future for all people of color, especially young people. In large part, this means finding ways to educate and inform the white people who want to listen and grow.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“It's not an easy thing, being the Black Friend. And it's certainly not a role every Black person should be expected to take on. But those of us who choose to play that role do so because we know that by helping our white friends become better people, we help make the world a little bit better for the rest of us.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“This book is meant to provide teaching moments, cultural history, and context for white people. But just as important, this book is also supposed to provide affirmations for people of color -- that you are seen and loved.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“The world needs to be better, and because of the power that white people hold in our society, much of that change needs to start with white people.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Author:Frederick Joseph

“Talking about and combating racism doesn't 'make everything about race' -- racism makes everything about race, and racism can be found in every part of society.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“The idea of being color-blind and of trying to steer conversations away from race are the most manipulative and powerful tools of racism. They allow white people to continue to be comfortable.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“The inability of people to accept accountability for doing things that are wrong is in the DNA of America. It's why people can't accept that America was founded on land stolen from indigenous people and that Black people are still feeling the legacy of slavery.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“All Lives Matter is directly related to white people not wanting to see color and not wanting to make things about race.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“We need to uplift the importance of Black lives because so many people act as if those lives don't count.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“Some white people don't assume people of color to be dynamic or layered, because many white people have never had to be dynamic or layered themselves.”

Diversity Racism Prejudice Young Adult Frederick Joseph

Book:The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

“When the heart speaks, you should hear it, even if it's as soft as a whisper.”

Love Heart Romance Young Adult Follow Your Heart Sweet Romance Following Your Heart

Book:The Story of How We Met

Source: The Story of How We Met

“Too bad guys aren’t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards.”

Romance Young Adult

Book:When It Happens

Source: When It Happens

“Jack couldn't help but watch Nonie as she left. She looked to be twenty-nine, thirty at the most, stood maybe five foot-four and was slender. She had shoulder-length, curly, walnut-colored hair and the largest most beautiful blue eyes he'd ever seem Her nose and ears were small in comparison to her full lips, which he'd give anything to kiss.”

Romance Comedy Young Adult Paranormal Supernatural Dark Humor Spooky

Book:Toe to Toe

Source: Toe to Toe

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