#Wibbroka is the couple name for YA writing duo/real life couple Austin Siegemund-Broka & Emily Wibberley. As one might expect, they’re sort of experts on the whole cute rom com thing, since they’re something of a real life rom com themselves!

 

 

 

 

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Um, ADORABLE, are we right?!

And they happen to write equally adorable couples! So, here are a few #Wibbroka quotes we’re obsessed with–perfect for your summer romance reading!

First up, our favorites from Always Never Yours

First up, Megan speaking some TRUTH:

“I remember what Owen told me. Don’t undervalue yourself. I shouldn’t sweep my hurt under the rug so Madeleine doesn’t have to feel bad. My feelings matter, too. I’m tired of pretending they don’t.”

And let’s not forget what theatre taught us.

“Rosaline could be the central character of her own story. Just because Romeo didn’t want her doesn’t mean no one else will.”

Speaking of which, theatre kids RISE UP.

“Being in the spotlight’s not terrible, and it taught me that losing yourself in a character might lead you to find something new in yourself.”

And finally, this last bit of wisdom from Megan Harper who we love very, very much.

“You can’t lose yourself over every problem, hurt, or wrong someone’s committed you. Bad things happen. You fix your eyes on the future, and you move on.”

And if we’re being honest, we love these quotes from If I’m Being Honest!

Cameron Bright TELLING IS LIKE IT IS:

“If I was going to commit to someone, I wanted him to be worth the worry, worth the part of me I was going to give him.”

We love a strong female protagonist.

“I could wither under his words and feel inferior or I could rise to them and become a better version of myself.”

Given that If I’m Being Honest is inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, is it any surprise that some of these quotes absolutely have that “frame this now” or “stitch it on a pillow” quality??

“Forgiveness is the release that washes the poison from my veins, the anger and envy I could never get rid of no matter how often I apologized. It’s impossibly, beautifully easy.”

We had the time of our lives picking out a few of our favorites from Time of Our Lives!

From this stunning quote that reminds us to live in the moment:

“I already know what the future holds. It’s right now that has the potential to be extraordinary.”

To one of those topics you don’t know how to explain until an author does it for you.

There’s a claustrophobia in comfort. The threads become a web, confining the person I want to be to the person I was.

Also, that time we all fell in love with Fitz.

It’s unusual, his thing with words, but not in a bad way. Knowing the repertoire he has at his disposal gives everything he says to me a deliberateness it’s difficult to find in casual conversation. He speaks to me like he’s reading dialogue from a novel, each word chosen with care and precision. The effect is . . . disarming.

Time of Our Lives left us with so many moments and lessons, but this is one of our absolute favorites:

“Because if I spend every minute wishing everything would stay the same, I’ll lose so much more than the past.”

What’s not to love about these quotes from What’s Not to Love?!

This moment is just *chef’s kiss*

“I’m smiling as I put my head on his shoulder, and it feels like turning a page. It’s odd to me now, how I’d considered every paragraph of high school only prologue while I wrote chapter upon chapter of newspaper productions and driving lessons, fights and fantasies and food poisoning. Under the lights, I feel grateful for the exhilaration of an unfinished story and the necessity of every page before this one.” 

Meanwhile, try to read this without giggling. (You can’t.)

“I shake my head in feigned consternation. “Okay,” I get up. “Now we just have to input the fart aisles.”

Ethan stares up at me, his face stony with repressed laughter.

I realize what I’ve said. “I mean art files,” I correct.

“Fart aisles coming up,” Ethan replies loudly.”

And we cannot live without these quotes from With and Without You!

Find you a guy like Patrick.

“Siena, what I know now is how incredibly insufficient, lazy, and just plain wrong I was,” he says

His words are one more an electric current.

“I should have like you for your constant curiosity, for the way you find opportunity everywhere. I should have liked you for how you helped me realize what was exciting in my life here. I like you for your courage, Siena—the courage it takes to not know yourself yet and find the question inspiring instead of intimidating. It’s incredible. It hasn’t been easy since we split up, but it’s let me see you—us—more clearly.” 

Umm, we all want this kind of love, right??

For a moment, we just stand inches apart, drink each other in. It’s not only for the sensation of looking forward just a little longer, although the deliciousness is undeniable. Staring into his eyes, inscribing every detail of his face in this moment into my memory while only inches separate us, it feels like saying, We’ve done this. We’ve been apart. Apart in where we lived, apart in our romantic lives. And we kept loving each other anyway. No matter how hard the universe pushes or pulls, forces or withholds, some stories just aren’t meant to end.

And finally, this quote:

I decide how wonderful it is that you can fall in love with someone over and over.