Lauren Oliver, Panic

"The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win."

"But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow."

"I'm scared all the time," she whispered. "You'd be an idiot if you weren't," Anne said. "And you wouldn't be brave either."

"She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what."

"But all you see is the crap. So you don't have to believe in anything. So you'll have an excuse to fail."

"It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. She supposed if you could predict or foresee everything that was going to happen, you’d lose the motivation to go through it all. The promise was always in the possibility."