Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler

★★★

"Remember what to do when you're at the bottom of a hole?  You've got to stop digging."

Shes Come Undone by Wally Lamb

★★

"Accept what people offer.  Drink their milkshakes.  Take their love."

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

★★★★

"Not everything has to have a point.  Some things just are."

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

★★★★

"She was elusive.  She was today.  She was tomorrow.  She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl.  We did not know what to make of her.  In our minds we tried to pin her to a cord board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew."

"You'll know her more by your questions than by her answers.  Keep looking at her long enough.  One day you might see someone you know."

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

★★★★★

"We were the people who were not in the papers.  We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print.  It gave us more freedom. 

We lived in the gaps between the stories."

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Sisterhood #1 (Ann Brashares)

★★★★

"Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us.  Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect.  Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things."

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

★★★★★

"If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.  Stories about good show a strong connection.  Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business.  The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter."