Quote from modern book
"Fire burns brighter in the dark."
Hunger Games series
"I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love."
The Great Gatsby
Maddy (Amandla Stenberg) is a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who is unable to leave the protection of the hermetically-sealed environment within her house because of an illness. Olly (Nick Robinson) is the boy next door who won't let that stop them from being together. Gazing through windows and talking only through texts, Maddy and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together, even if it means losing everything.
Everything, Everything
UM has a long lasting football rivalry with
Florida State University
Signature Starbuck beverage
Pumpkin Spice latte
"It's a metaphor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do it's killing."
The Fault in Our Stars
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”
The Catcher in the Rye
Two teens with cystic fibrosis (CF) are dealing with first love and the uncertainty of their futures. Stella's an organized achiever who has her life in order and manages her medications and treatments efficiently. Will's the total opposite.
Five Feet Apart
An actor who graduated from UM and has started in movies ranging from Baywatch to The Game Plan
Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson
Thanksgiving dessert
Pumpkin pie
"You better hold on tight spider monkey."
Twilight
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Wuthering Heights
A brilliant boy named Jonas happens to live in a society that is being controlled by the rules and tradition of The Elders. Through his wisdom and mannerism, Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory, a post that distinguishes him from others and gives him authority.
The Giver
A Spanish singer that studied business in UM
Enrique Iglesias
Typical Fall festival dessert
Caramel apple/ candy apple
"Fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up."
Divergent series
"My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me."
Pride and Prejudice
Atticus Finch attempts to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson, a black man who has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama.
To Kill a Mockingbird
The football tradition that takes place in the beginning of the fourth quarter during each home game
Miami players and fans hold up four finger
Thanksgiving isn't complete without
Turkey
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light."
Harry Potter series
That's the thing about human life -- there is no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.
Flowers for Algernon
Documents the traumas and gradual triumph of Celie, an African American teenager raised in rural isolation in Georgia, as she comes to resist the paralyzing self-concept forced on her by others. Celie narrates her life through painfully honest letters to God.
The Color Purple
The UM building that was once the home to the National Hurricane Center
Ungar
Common pasta dish
Spaghetti squash