50 Popular Quotes from New Adult Fiction

We’re actors in our lives, pretendin’ to be who we want people to think we are.Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry (2008)

Why not think that sometimes – just sometimes – you can overcome evil with silence? And let people hear their hatefulness in their own ears, without distraction. Maybe goodness is enough to expose evil for what it really is, sometimes.Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel's Inferno (2011), Page 140

To douchebags! And to girls that break your heart. And to the absolute f*****g horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her.Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster (2011), Page 363

Don’t take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.Colleen Hoover, Slammed (2012), Epilogue, Page 316

I’ve always seen you, angel. From the moment you found me, I’ve seen nothing but you.Sylvia Day, Bared to You (2012)

Love is not the absence of logic
but logic examined and recalculated
heated and curved to fit
inside the contours of the heartTammara Webber, Easy (2012), Page 209

Libraries were full of ideas – perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass (2012)

The only way I’m keeping my hands off her is if I’m dead. Find another way to fix us.Sylvia Day, Reflected in You (2012)

You can’t just change who you are on the outside and expect it to change who you are on the inside.Jessica Sorensen, The Secret of Ella and Micha (2012), Page 85

Sometimes, it’s the scary things in life that are the most worthwhile.Cora Carmack, Losing It (2012), Page 136

Just because one person’s problem is less traumatic than another’s doesn’t mean they’re required to hurt less.J. A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never (2012), Page 193

The sky is always beautiful. Even when it’s dark or rainy or cloudy, it’s still beautiful to look at. It’s my favorite thing because I know if I ever get lost or lonely or scared, I just have to look up and it’ll be there no matter what… and I know it’ll always be beautiful.Colleen Hoover, Hopeless (2012), Page 405

In order to miss someone, that means you were privileged enough to have them in your life to begin with.Colleen Hoover, Losing Hope (2013), Page 321

I worry because I care. Gods help me, I know I shouldn’t, but I do. So I will always tell you to be careful, because I will always care what happens.Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight (2013)

I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl (2013), Page 281

Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice (2014)

Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh.Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me (2014), Page 121

Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday (2014), Chapter 21, Page 283

Love isn’t always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it’ll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you’re back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.Colleen Hoover, (to Tate), Ugly Love, Chapter 17, Page 165

You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love.Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire (2014)

I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.V. E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic (2015), Page 199

Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.Elle Kennedy, The Deal (2015), Page 232

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.Colleen Hoover, Confess (2015), Part I, Chapter 13, Page 172

Don’t feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015)

You make me want to live. Not survive; not exist. Live.Sarah J. Maas, (to Rowan), Queen of Shadows (2015)

You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.Colleen Hoover, November 9 (2015), Page 38

There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us (2016), Part I, Chapter 1, Page 19

To the stars who listen – and the dreams that are answered.Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury (2016), Page 337

Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.Sally Thorne, The Hating Game (2016), Page 2

The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You’re a daughter of words. A girl with a story to tell.Jay Kristoff, Nevernight (2016), Page 243

The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.Sarah J. Maas, (to Rolfe), Empire of Storms (2016)

We’re all ugly. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it.Penelope Douglas, (to Ryen), Punk 57 (2016), Page 274

Only you can decide what breaks you. Only you.Sarah J. Maas, (to Cursebreaker), A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017)

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.Colleen Hoover, Without Merit (2017)

If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim.Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects (2018)

All the things that make you different make you perfect.Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient (2018), Page 236

Because pain in the body quiets the pain in the head. It feels good, like a kill switch for your brain.Penelope Douglas, Kill Switch (2019)

Being nice is a good thing. You can be strong and nice. You don’t have to be one or the other.Beth O'Leary, The Flatshare (2019)

Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue (2019)

Respect could build an empire. Trust could make it unbreakable. Love could make it last forever.Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Darkness (2019)

Through love, all is possible.Sarah J. Maas, (repeated line), House of Earth and Blood (2020)

Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside.Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash (2020)

Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break.Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones (2020), Chapter 22, Page 257

If you wanted, I would burn down the world for you.Ana Huang, Twisted Love (2021)

I don’t think I knew I was lonely until I met you.Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation (2021)

Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis (2021)

There’s a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you.Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over (2022)

There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you.Colleen Hoover, Reminders of Him (2022)

Our love is stronger than time, greater than any distance. Our love spans across stars and worlds. I will find you again, I promise.Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath (2022), Page 785

A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing (2023), Chapter 3, Page 43