Quotes From Recent Reads
This Is Where It Ends By: Marieke Nijkamp
"Quotes From Recent Reads" is a meme that I, The Bean Town Reader, have created to keep track and share bits of the books I've read recently that I liked enough to highlight so I can remember them.
Be warned, there may be spoilers in this post.
- At least history suits me. You already know if those stories will end happily.
- Where so many of us prefer to stay hidden, she's the brightest spotlight on the darkest stage.
- Fear and survival are two sides of the same coin. Dad taught me that. Terror is our strongest force because we're only afraid when we have something to lose--our lives, our loves...our dignity.
- We all hate to love high school and love to hate it. We can't wait to graduate, but we don't want to leave. High school is special--from the stupid bright-red bricks that make the building look modern and out of place to our school mascot.
- "I love that the sky is endless," he said. "If I can't go to space, I want to study the stars. Do you know the light we see really means we're looking back in history?" "Does that mean we're in the future?" Trace laughed. "No. We're at exactly the right place, at exactly the right time."
- You can't always keep your loved ones with you. You can't always settle your life in one place. The world was made to change. But as long as you cherish the memories and make new ones along on the way, no matter where you are, you'll always be at home.
- "We are not better because we survived. We are not brighter or more deserving. We are not stronger. But we are here. We are here, and this day will never leave us. Nor should it. We will remember the wounded. We will remember the lost. There will be many tomorrows; there will be thousands of them. So lets make them good ones. We are opportunity, and we will not be afraid. We are opportunity and we will live.


























