2. “And if my choice is
to sit graciously in
my best robes and
accept the
inevitable or to bail
a sea with a
bucket, give me the
bucket.”
Chalice by
Robin McKinley
5. "I'm in love with you, and I'm
not in the business of
denying myself the simple
pleasure of saying true
things. I'm in love with you,
and I know that love is just a
shout into the void, and
that oblivion is inevitable,
and that we're all doomed
and that there will come a
day when all our labor has
been returned to dust, and
I know the sun will swallow
the only earth we'll ever
have, and I am in love with
you.”
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
6. “Some people had
too much power and
too much cruelty to
live. Some people
were too horrible, no
matter if you loved
them; no matter that
you had to make
yourself terrible too, in
order to stop them.
Some things just had
to be done.”
Fire by Kristin Cashore
7. “I know what you're
thinking - that
anybody with proper
sensitive feelings
would rather scrub
floors for a living. But I
should scrub floors very
badly, and I write
detective stories rather
well. I don't see why
proper feelings should
prevent me from
doing my proper job.”
Gaudy Night by
Dorothy L. Sayers
8. “Grown-ups don't look
like grown-ups on the
inside either. Outside,
they're big and
thoughtless and they
always know what
they're doing. Inside,
they look just like they
always have. Like they
did when they were your
age. Truth is, there aren't
any grown-ups. Not one,
in the whole wide world.”
The Ocean at the
End of the Lane by
Neil Gaiman
9.
10. “She wasn't
interested in telling
other people's
futures. She was
interested in going
out and finding her
own.”
The Raven Boys by
Maggie Stiefvater.
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11. “The Lower City is MINE,
its people are MINE.
If I find them that's
doing all this
kidnapping
and murdering, they'd
best pray for mercy,
because once I get my
teeth in 'em
I will NEVER let them
go.”
Terrier by Tamora
Pierce
13. mjenson-benjamin@glendaleaz.com
www.goodreads.com/MeridethSays
Merideth has been working in
libraries since 1990, most of
them as a Teen Librarian. She
is the author of Library
Collections for Teens: Graphic
Novels and Manga from VOYA
Press. She is currently the
administrative librarian for
public service at the Main
Library in Glendale, Arizona.
When not trapped in meetings
or buried in schedules, she
enjoys crocheting, comics,
embarrassing her teen
daughter, skinny British actors
and YA fiction.
Merideth Jenson-Benjamin
