My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in.

— Nicola Yoon

Names are powerful things.

— Nicola Yoon

Observable Fact: I don’t believe in magic. Observable Fact: We are magic.

— Nicola Yoon

O•can (Roshan) n. pl. -s. 1. The endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there. [2015, Whittier]

— Nicola Yoon

Olly: Jesus. Is there a girl on this planet who doesn't love Mr.darcyMadeline: All girls love Mr. Darcy? Olly: are you kidding? Even my sister loves Darcy, and she doesn't love anybody Madeline: She must love somebody. I'm sure she loves coolly: what's so great about Darcy? Madeline: That's not a serious questionably: he's a snob Madeline: But he overcomes it and eventually realizes that character matters more than class! He's a man open to learning life's lessons! Also, he's completely gorgeous and noble and brooding and poetic. Did I mention gorgeous? Also, he loves Elizabeth beyond all reason.

— Nicola Yoon

Seriously. “Just because you can’t experience everything doesn’t mean you shouldn’t experience anything.-Nicola Soon, Everything, Everything

— Nicola Yoon

Should I tell him that I think dreams never die even when they're dead?

— Nicola Yoon

Sometimes I reread my favorite books from back to front. I start with the last chapter and read backward until I get to the beginning. When you read this way, characters go from hope to despair, from self-knowledge to doubt. In love stories, couples start out as lovers and end as strangers. Coming-of-age books become stories of losing your way. Your favorite characters come back to life.

— Nicola Yoon

The ocean here is weird. It's the wrong kind of blue.

— Nicola Yoon

The ocean will swallow you whole and burp you out and not notice you were even there.

— Nicola Yoon