Nicole Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star is truly a beautiful written work.

While the newly adapted movie brings some of her magic to the big screen, nothing captures her sentiment quite like her original novel. And wouldn’t you know it—some of the quotes are just made for the ‘gram.

Keep scrolling for touching quotes from The Sun Is Also a Star novel that make perfect Instagram captions.

For a post-breakup photo when you’re just finding your inner strength:

“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

(The Sun Is Also a Star via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

For a photo of you daydreaming in class:

“We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo when you’re honestly just having a bad day:

“Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it’s difficult to imagine that everyone else isn’t feeling it, too.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo when you’re rather cynical about the state of the world:

“I don’t believe in love.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo of you tanning on the beach:

“Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it’s our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

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(The Sun Is Also a Star via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

For a photo when your family just got a new puppy:

“I didn’t know you this morning, and now I don’t remember not knowing you.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo of you and your S.O. when you’re head-over-heels in love:

“The thing about falling is you don’t have any control on your way down.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo when you’re trying really hard to show that you don’t care:

“I wonder if she realizes how passionate she is about not being passionate.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo of you bracing for utter disappointment:

“The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is it’s a long way down.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

(The Sun Is Also a Star via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

For a photo of you and your BFF doing something a little crazy:

“Observable Fact: People aren’t logical.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a sweet selfie that lets everyone know you can’t be tamed:

“It’s not up to you to help other people fit you into a box.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo when the haters are getting the best of you:

“Some people exist in your life to make it better. Some people exist to make it worse.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

For a photo of you and your S.O. sharing a kiss in the middle of a crowded walkway:

“The universe stops and waits for us.”

–The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

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