“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.”

— Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (via first-line)

I rise to my feet when he lets me.

Red Queen series: King's Cage (book three) by Victoria Aveyard

I've been locked up for 264 days.

Shatter Me (book one) by Taherah Mafi

It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer.

The Girl From Everywhere (book one) by Heidi Heilig

This is how you get your ass kicked.

Fake ID by Lamar Giles

My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Everything had gone horribly wrong.

Truthwitch (book one) by Susan Dennard

Trevor Dunham talked quite a bit about his man part just before he drowned.

The Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks

"Oh yes, it really does look just as I imagined," Link said, and turned his smile at the boy who stood beside her.

Clockwork Prince (book two) by Cassandra Clare

My silence thunders.

Golden Son (book two) by Pierce Brown

Are you still mad?

City of Ashes (book two) by Cassandra Clare

My eyes snapped open as the freakish sixth sense kicked my fight-or-flight response into overdrive.

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Perspective.

I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

I would have lived in peace.

Red Rising (book 1) by Pierce Brown

I felt her fear before I heard her screams.

Vampire Academy (book 1) by Richelle Mead

I ran my fingers across the page, feeling the dents where he had pressed the pen to the paper so hard that it had nearly broken through.

Eclipse (book 3) by Stephanie Meyer

I rise from darkness, away from the garden they watered with the blood of my friends.

Morning Star (book 3) by Pierce Brown