I usually give a book 40 pages. If it doesn't grab me by then, adios. With young adult books, you can usually tell by Page 4 if it's worth the time. The author establishes the conflict early, sometimes in the first sentence. The themes of hope, family, friendship and overcoming hardship appeal to most everyone.

Oscar Wilde

33 quotes

Mark Twain

29 quotes

Albert Einstein

28 quotes

Marilyn Monroe

22 quotes

Friedrich Nietzsche

19 quotes

Maya Angelou

17 quotes

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

16 quotes

Allen Klein

14 quotes

Anaïs Nin

11 quotes

Mahatma Gandhi

11 quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

11 quotes

Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

11 quotes

C.S. Lewis

10 quotes

Emily Dickinson

10 quotes

John Lennon

10 quotes

Martin Luther King, Jr.

10 quotes

Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

10 quotes

Albert Camus

9 quotes

Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

9 quotes

Charles Bukowski

9 quotes