Young Adult Novels Quotes

#1. All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on. I loved how you never really knew who the 'bad guys' were in their works, and I wanted to capture that feeling with 'Don't Look Back.'

Jennifer Armentrout

#2. There are 2,000 young-adult novels published a year, and hardly any of them ever break out.

Catherine Hardwicke

#3. In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

Maggie Stiefvater

#4. I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've actually had a teenage character in almost every adult novel that I've written.

Michelle Gagnon

#5. Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

Jami Attenberg

#6. Popular young adult novels notwithstanding, vampires only sparkle when they burn.

Elliott James

#7. To be loved, is to be immortal.

Lynette Ferreira

#8. My death granted immortality.
With one look, I knew he'd be my undoing ... Forgotten, book #1 of the Fate Trilogy

Sarah J. Pepper

#9. He's not yet realized that by giving away nothing but barefaced lies he's come to wither and rot inside. But she's still looking for him into the void of his cold heart.

Llarjme

#10. I gotta go but... I miss you. That's all."
"I miss you too", I say hugging my body tightly with the sleeves of his shirt.
This... Is falling.

Ginger Scott

#11. There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can't trust anyone, they can't tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

C. Kennedy

#12. I'd said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.

Richelle Mead

#13. Joel sat back in his chair and laughed at what seemed to be an inside joke, one in which I wanted very much to be let in on. An amiable smile stretched across his lips quoted by perfect dimples. I stared at him wanting nothing more than to indulge myself in that smile.

Shawn Kirsten Maravel

#14. Abuse doesn't define you.

C. Kennedy

#15. Carla had realised there wasn't just one destined adventure in life, there were thousands of them.

Claire Chilton

#16. He was a demon who dreamed of a Star..
She was a Star who dreamed of Falling..

Sarah A. Kenney

#17. Everybody knows, nobody's talking - from LIE
debut novel coming September 1st from St. Martin's Press

Caroline Bock

#18. There comes a time in a girl's life where she finds her heart broken, what matters is not the boy who broke it but the boy who stitches it back together

Kara Lee Hunter

#19. The stars twinkled above him brilliantly, representing all of the beautiful laws of the universe.

Keira D. Skye

#20. It's the kind of storm that only happens on the highveld, the thunder loud and rapid. Zanele doesn't speak. I need her to. Maybe she is counting the people who have died since we first met.

Arushi Raina

#21. Kids without dads are desperate and jealous. Those with dads can be uppity and sharp.

Shawn Stewart Ruff

#22. Give me agony or give me death,
I'll take thy heart as eternal breath

Nely Cab

#23. Then his lips caress mine. It's only a brush, but the warmth overheats every part of me. Leaning back, my elbow bumps into the power button on the dryer and the old appliance starts moving. Spinning. Spinning like my head. Like my heart.

Lauren Hammond

#24. Careful," he smiled, "I'm lethal.

Nely Cab

#25. I believe reading books is one of the best ways to gain real empathy for people different from ourselves, and helping boys develop empathy for girls is a cause worth fighting for.

Shannon Hale

#26. After I had written more than a dozen adult genre novels, an editor I knew in New York asked me to write a mystery for young adults.

Rodman Philbrick

#27. I'm enjoying two beautiful visions tonight. Watching you stand there against a marvelous background has to be the most intriguing sunset I have ever experienced.

K.S. Collier

#28. I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

Candace Bushnell

#29. Why do I feel like something's missing in my life without them and they don't feel the same about me?

Melina Marchetta

#30. Dark waves fell along the side of his face and he stared, pleading for me to see more of him. To see the truth.
Maybe I want to be the kind of guy a girl like you believes in.

Angela Parkhurst

#31. I want to have a record of your nudity in one of my works of art."
~Larsson TIGER

Pet Torres

#32. Because Dad told you he'd be here forever.
Because I thought forever was like Mars -- far away.

Kwame Alexander

#33. Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.

Simone Elkeles

#34. My hands are in his hair and his arms wrap around my waist tighter. I know what Henry does to me. I'm space bound. A rocket about to blast off. And I want Henry to send me to the moon.

Lauren Hammond

#35. Christy isn't a case, he's a person.

C. Kennedy

#36. The light was luminescence and gloom, like the sky at midnight speckled with stars. All she could smell was the ocean...

Samantha Lee Churcher

#37. I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they become old adults, but I never did. I was always interested in the fantasy world created in those novels.

Diablo Cody

#38. A female dragon's tail is of the utmost importance to her. Male dragons find them irresistible. After all where do you think the term 'Getting some tail' came from?

Sully Tarnish