Supernatural (TV) Seasons 10+

S10E3

Castiel- "Dean, you two have been through so much. Look, you're brothers. 

It'd take a lot more than trying to kill Sam with a hammer 

to make him want to walk away."

S10E9

Castiel- "Before I was very self-assured. I was convinced I was on this righteous path. 

Now I realize that there is no righteous path, there's just people trying to do 

their best in a world where it's far too easy to do your worst."

S10E11

Charlie- "You hit like a girl who never learned how to hit."

S10E16

Ghost-Nun Isabella- "There is not much difference between madness and devotion."

S10E17

Dean- "A wise man once told me 'Family don't end in blood.' 

But it doesn't start there either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them.

Family's there, through the good, bad, all of it. They got your back. Even when it hurts.

That's family."

S11E2

Jenna- "Don't worry. She won't care. I slit her throat."

S11E5

Len- "I remember what it was like to do the right thing. 

So I'm going through the motions. For as long as I can."

Supernatural (TV) Seasons 8-9

S8E21

Metatron- "When you create stories, you become gods of tiny, intricate 
dimensions unto themselves. So many worlds!"

S9E4

Haggerty (Man of Letters)- "There's nothing worse than adventure. Trust me."

S9E7

Dean- "Farm looks, uh, nice."
Sonny- "Oh please, man. It's barely standing. Only got a handful 
of kids working around here now."
Dean- "Why's that?"
Sonny- "Because these days the system would rather 
incarcerate a boy than redeem him."

S9E18

Metatron- "That was God's problem, you know. He published the first draft."

S9E21

Crowley's son (Gavin)- "You sold your soul? Sold it! For an extra three inches of willy?" 


Crowley's son (Gavin)-  "I-I can't be consorting with a demon"

Crowley- "Not just any demon! I'm the king! The king of hell! 
And there you were, worried the old man wouldn't amount to much."

S9E15

Dean- "I dunno man. 'cause lately with you up is down and down is.. sideways. 
You know. I, I don't know what you want."

Ed- "I don't want to be a jellyfish spine anymore, Harry."
Harry- "Jellyfish don't have spines."
Ed- "Exactly."

Supergirl (TV)

S1E5

Cat the Boss Lady- "Kara, get me a salad for lunch. I don't care what
type as long as it has a cheeseburger on top of it."

Alex- "You've spent more time in the friendzone then the phantom zone."

Kara- "This is a really good school. I'm surprised they haven't taught
you guys to speak out loud yet."

Unwind By Neal Shusterman (Unwind Series)

Note about the author: Neal Shusterman is a critically acclaimed author whose book "Unwind" is now commonly taught in schools. Although it is categorized as Young Adult fiction due to the writing style, I would suggest people of all ages read it. It is a blatant satire that does not even try to hide its alignments with our society (no worrying about the meaning behind the blue curtains, if you catch my drift). The best part of it is that it gets you thinking about issues in ways you may not have before. Take no detail for granted when reading this book. Even the seemingly insignificant details will come back as part of the big picture.

***Unwind***

"Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up."

"I remember thinking, if a baby was going to be so unloved, why would God want it brought into the world?"
 
'"Hold this." She puts the baby in Connor's arms. It's the first time she's given it to him. It feels much lighter than he expected. Something so loud and demanding ought to be heavier.'

“In a perfect world mothers would all want their babies, and strangers would open up their homes to the unloved. In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn’t a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.”
 
“One thing you’ve learned when you’ve lived as long as I have—people aren’t all good, and people aren’t all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I’m pleased to be in the light."
 
"Wherever his journey now takes him, it doesn't matter, because he has already arrived there in his heart. He's become like that briefcase in the ground - full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines."
 
"You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much one side hates the other." Fav
 
“Which would be worse—to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make them go away before they were even born?”
(There are just under half a million children in the US foster care system alone. Half of those [a quarter million] are waiting to be adopted. That's more than tens of thousands...)
 
“Amazing that the bullies and victims can now work together to bring misery to others.”
(referring to the government) 
 
“Who can say what goes through the mind of a clapper in the moments before carrying out that evil deed? No doubt whatever those thoughts are, they are lies. However, like all the dangerous deceptions, the lies that clappers tell themselves wear seductive disguises…”
(clapper is the term for suicide bomber in the book)

UnWholly By Neal Shusterman (Unwind Series)

Note about the author: Neal Shusterman is a critically acclaimed author whose book "Unwind" is now commonly taught in schools. Although it is categorized as Young Adult fiction due to the writing style, I would suggest people of all ages read it. It is a blatant satire that does not even try to hide its alignments with our society (no worrying about the meaning behind the blue curtains, if you catch my drift). 

***UnWholly***

'"Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the biggest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.'

  

"We should call you the little mermaid. . . because they let you magically walk, in exchange for your voice."

  

"As for Pastor Dan, he's a hero to Lev for having the courage to lose his convictions without losing his faith."

  

"'So what religion are we?" . . . 

The question has become a running joke, and each time Pastor Dan has another answer.

"We're Pentupcostal because we're sick of all the hypocrisy."
"We're Clueish, because we finally got a clue."

"We're PresbyPterodactyl, because we're making this whole thing fly against all reason."'

  

"It made him feel both terribly uncomfortable and also a little bit blessed to be at the core of a spiritual movement, even if it was only a movement of two."

  

"I'm too old to rage against the system. I just whine at it."

  

'"Do you have any idea what you've put this family through? The shame? The ridicule?"

"Then maybe you shouldn't surround yourself with people as judgmental as you."

  

"How do you judge the brightness of a light when you're the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts."

  

"'They call it 'deprogramming,' which is a polite term for undoing brainwashing with more brainwashing."

  

"There's a powerful surge against her soul, as relentless as the waves crashing below, reminding her that in time the strongest of mountains is eroded into the sea, and she doesn't know how much longer she can resist it, or even if she should."

  

"We'll talk again when you're over yourself."

  

"Stop apologizing for everything. Save it for your more important screwups." 

UnSouled By Neal Shusterman (Unwind Series)

Note about the author: Neal Shusterman is a critically acclaimed author whose book "Unwind" is now commonly taught in schools. Although it is categorized as Young Adult fiction due to the writing style, I would suggest people of all ages read it. It is a blatant satire that does not even try to hide its alignments with our society (no worrying about the meaning behind the blue curtains, if you catch my drift). 

***UnSouled***

"Who has been in their right mind for the past nine years?"
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"Sitting feels like acceptance. It feels like admitting failure. Next he'll be lost in that armchair with a drink in his hands, swirling the ice to hear it clink, feeling the alcohol numbing him into submission. No, that's not him. It will never be him."
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"What did they expect when educational funding was diverted to the war? How could they not know public education would fail? With no schools, no jobs, and nothing but time on their hands, what did they think these kids would do other than make trouble?"
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'They see distrust all around them, and it makes them want to deliver their anger all the more. "How dare you distrust me?" their violence says. "You don't know me."'
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"When it comes to cities and suburbs, Connor has found that most are fairly identical–only the geography changes. Rural areas, however, vary greatly. Some small towns are places you'd want to come from and eventually go back to: warm, inviting communities that breathe out Americana the way rain forests breathe out oxygen. And then there are towns like Heartsdale, Kansas. This is the place where fun came to die."

"For many months before today, he had suffered on the streets. The things he had to do to survive were horrifying and demoralizing. They were dehumanizing to the point that there wasn't much left of him that felt remotely human anymore. He had surrendered to the shame of it, resigning himself to a marginal life on the seediest back streets of Sin City. "
 

Note from author: There is so much judgement against homeless people. I think it is important to acknowledge most do not choose it. It's not always laziness. Whether poverty, mental illness, addiction, or just having terrible families, you do not know the story of how a person ended up there. Remember: 20-40% of homeless youth are LGBT with nowhere to go. 

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'"Do I make myself clear?"

"Any clearer and you'd be invisible."'
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"Apparently he's made the right enemy, because now he has many, many friends."
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"She idly wonders which is crueler, man or nature. She determines it must be man. Nature has no remorse, but neither does it have malice. Plants take in the light of the sun and give off oxygen with the same life-affirming need that a tiger tears into a toddler. Or a scavenger devours a lowlife." 

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MORE TO COME
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Beautiful Creatures Series by Garcia & Stohl

Sorry this is all I have for this book. Sometimes that's the way the cookie crumbles.

***Beautiful Creatures***

"I suppose I am a snob. I loathe towns. I loathe townspeople. They have small minds and giant backsides. Which is to say, what they lack in interiors they make up in posteriors. They're junk food. Fatty, but ultimately, terribly unsatisfying." Fav

Darkest Powers Series by Kelley Armstrong

***The Summoning***

“In real life, though, people don’t change overnight.”

“Anyone ever tell you your sense of timing really sucks?”

“That’s why I don’t play the drums.”

***The Awakening***

"In a good drama, the protagonist never takes the straight line to the prize. She must set out, hit an obstacle, detour around it, hit another, take a longer detour, another obstacle, another detour. . . . Only when she has built up the strength of character to deserve the prize does she finally succeed."

"No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be."

Essentials of Sociology 9th ed. by James M. Henslin

"As surprising as it may sound, to have love as the main reason for marrying weakens marriage. In some depth of our being, we expect 'true love' to deliver constant emotional highs. This expectation sets people up for crushed hopes, as dissatisfactions in marriage are inevitable. When they come, spouses then to blame one another for failing to deliver the expected satisfaction." - Ch 1

"Efficiency brings dependability. You can expect your burger and fries to taste the same (referring to McDonalds) whether you buy them in Los Angeles or Beijing. Although efficiency also lowers princes, it does come at a cost. Predictability washes away spontaneity, changing the quality of our lives. It produces a sameness, a bland version of what used to be unique experiences. In my own travels, for example, has I taken packaged tours I never would have had the eye-opening experiences that have added so much to my appreciation of human diversity."  - Ch 5

"How can a legal system that proudly boasts "justice for all" be so inconsistent? . . With their large numbers, the working class and those below them pose a special threat to the power elite. Receiving the least of society's material rewards, they hold the potential to rebel and overthrow the current social order. To prevent this, the law comes down hard on its members who get out of line." - Ch 6  

"Poverty wears the same tired face wherever you are, I realized." - Ch 8
  
"Income inequality decreased from 1935 to 1970. Since 1970, the richest 20 percent of U.S. families have grown richer, while the poorest 20 percent have grown poorer." - Ch 8
   
"The average U.S. worker would have to work 2,800 years to earn the amount received by the highest-paid executive (Sanjay Jha, $104 million a year)." - Ch 8
 

Wicked Series by Gregory Maguire

***Wicked***

“Tis very strange men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.” –Daniel Defoe, A System of Magick
  
“How deeply bound by the cords of family anger we all are. None of us breaks free.” 

***Son of a Witch***

"Under every roof, a story, just as behind every brow, a history."
   
"We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of burning neuroses acting ourselves wicked. And nothing to be done about it. And nothing to be done about it." Fav

   
"We are a fountain of shimmering contradictions, most of us. Beautiful in the concept, if we're lucky, but frequently tedious or regrettable as we flesh ourselves out."

   

"She was nuts as a nut tree in a nut forest, of course: that was what he had thought without realizing he was thinking anything at all."
   
"She had had lots of power, in her own way, but she had no more motherly instinct than a berserk rhino."
   
"A hundred ways to duck the question: how will I live with myself now that I know what I know?"
   
"Make way, make way; hail hail, the prince of ale."
   
"'Few hungry farmers are willing to extend Birds that courtesy, so those of us who talk tend to congregate in areas less frequented by human scum. My apologies, that was crude of me.'

'Don't apologize too fast, you don't know me very well.'"

   

Gemma Doyle Trilogy (pt 1) by Libba Bray

***A Great and Terrible Beauty***

 “My annoyance has indeed been noted.”

“I could curse my bad temper, but it won’t get it back.”

“I want to ask him if it’s possible for a girl to be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?” 

“The vicar leads us in prayers that begin with ‘O Lord’ and end with our somehow not being worthy—sinners who have always been sinners and will forever more be sinners until we die. It isn’t the most optimistic outlook I’ve ever heard. But we’re encouraged to keep trying anyway.”

***Rebel Angels***

“All that we see or seem/Is but a dream within a dream” –Edgar Allan Poe

  
“In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it’s not really like that, is it?”

“No, I suppose it only makes everything known.”

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle Trilogy- pt 2)

“Deep inside each one, a thin blue soul burns pure and hot, devouring every bit of tinder to keep the fire going.”

“They’ve planned our entire lives, from what we shall wear to whom we shall marry and where we shall live. It’s one lump of sugar in your tea whether you like it or not and you’d best smile even if you’re dying deep inside. We’re like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can’t look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead.”

“They believe and belief changes everything.”

“Hours feel like seconds; seconds are hours, for time is a dream.”

“We create illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by glittering brick, until we are left with nothing but the bright light of honesty. The light is liberating. Necessary. Terrifying. We stand naked and emptied before it. And when it is too much for our eyes to take, we build a new illusion to shield us from its relentless truth.” Fav

“Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently—whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more? 

Night World Series (pt 1) by L.J. Smith

***Secret Vampire***

“Poppy was brave, but facing constant pain would crush anyone.”
  
“You don’t love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand…” 
  
“It’s a lonely world, full of secrets.” 

“It didn’t matter that she wasn’t really dying. When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses its caterpillar life. No more shimmying up twigs, no more eating leaves.”

“You don’t love somebody because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song that nobody but you can understand.”

***Dark Angel***

“Reality was just one desperate, choking attempt to get enough air for the next breath.”

“Not necessarily bad. Just so powerful and so different that it was scary. Good can be scary too.” 

“All her realizations about life being important were nonsense. Life was a giant hoax. She couldn’t change herself and live in a completely new direction. There was no new start. No hope.”

Night World Series (pt 2) by L.J. Smith

***The Chosen***

“The night has a thousand eyes and the day only one.”

“They had to do something to deaden the pain…even if that meant embracing the pain. They escaped one darkness by going into another.”

***Soulmate***

“The world was changing around her, and it was the most disorienting thing she’d ever experienced. It was as if the fabric of her universe was actually moving—pulsing and shifting to accommodate the new truths.”

“At least I know I’m not crazy. . . That’s some consolation. It’s the universe that’s insane, not me.” 

“Love spilled from her and into [him] and back again. The more she gave, the more she got back. It was a cycle, taking them higher and higher.” 

Night World (pt 3) by L.J. Smith

***Huntress***

“Their legend says the first world was destroyed by fire. The second world was destroyed by ice. The third world ended in water—a universal flood. And the fourth world—well, that’s ours. It’s supposed to end in blood and darkness—and end soon.” Fav

***Black Dawn***

“Maggie took in the whole scene in a glance. It was one of those moments when everything changes forever.”

“Love is for weak people. It’s a delusion. And it can be deadly.”

Night World (pt 4) by L.J. Smith

***Witchlight***

“It felt good. It always did. Painful in a nice way, like the feeling of having a tight bandage removed. A release.”

“For a moment, she didn’t feel like anything—she almost had no body. She was fluid, a being of pure energy, with no more fixed form than a candle flame. She was utterly….free.” 

“Keller couldn’t understand what was happening at first. In panic, all she could think was that she was losing herself. Losing her armor, her hardness, everything she needed to keep alive.”

“This was the problem with having walls so hard and high and unscalable, she supposed. When they came down, they crumbled completely, shattering into nothingness. She felt utterly defenseless right now.”


“People die… Beauty fades… Love changes… And you will always be alone.”

“People die…so love them every day.

Beauty fades…so look before it’s gone.

Love changes…but not the love you give.

And if you love, you’ll never be alone.”

Maximum Ride Series (pt 2) by James Patterson

***Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports***

“Sometimes all you have is instinct, a gut feeling. It’s important to pay attention to them.”

“We all make choices. We all have to live with them.”

“Pain is merely a message, and you can ignore a message.”

***The Final Warning***

“I don’t forgive that easy. And I never, ever forget.”

“Sometimes when you’re at your most certain, that’s when everything you know is wrong.”

“Cruelty, thy name is woman!”

“Life, like that first burst of color at dawn, is fleeting.”

Shiver Series By Maggie Stiefvater

***Forever***

“People don’t change who they are. They only change what they do with it.”

“The thing that I was beginning to figure out. . . was that that sort of love only worked when you were sure both people would always be around for each other. If one half of the equation left, or died, or was slightly less perfect in their love, it became the most tragic, pathetic story invented, laughable in its absurdity. Without Grace, Sam was a joke without a punch line.”

“Life was a cake that looked good on the bakery shelf but turned to sawdust and salt when I ate it.”

“It was possible that I’d thrown one too many Molotov cocktails over God’s fence. It would be, after all, a divinely ironic punishment to watch me learn to care and then destroy the things I cared about.”

Sweetblood by By Pete Hautman

“Blood is my friend. Without it my cells shrivel. Without it I die.” – 1

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“Blood is my enemy. It carries death to my cells.” – 4

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“But I’m not really angry. Pissed off, maybe, but not angry. If I ever get angry, you better watch out.” – 131

Such a Pretty Girl By Laura Wiess

“I forgive him for not being what I want and am thankful for his being what I need.” – 40

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“In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really sick, but hard to unlearn.” – 73

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“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it’s the happiness that cripples me.” – 128

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“These are my vows. The rest depends on the nature of the beast.” – 186

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“The obscene waits outside my door, counting the minutes until dawn when it will come at me again.” – 189