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“I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth.”
“Youve changed me forever. And Ill never forget you.”
“...I want it to be as easy as breathing for you to say yes.”
“It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets.”
“Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.”
“I looked at his face, unsure of how many more of his smiles I'd have.”
“He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his f...”
“It's the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you," she said simply. "You know that you've found something amazing, and you want to hold on to it forever; and every second afte...”
“Well, the one thing I've thought about is having dad give me away. You know when he takes your hand and he puts it in the hand of the person you marry? That's the only part I've ever wanted.”
“You were the one who changed us when you left me in the tree house; and you keep thinking that if you push hard enough, you can make everything go back to before that moment. It doesn't work that w...”
“The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.”
“I remembered suddenly that Aspen had always been this way. He sacrificed sleep for me, he risked getting caught out after curfew for me, he scrounged together pennies for me. Aspen's generosity was...”
“The look in Marlee's eyes was triumphant, and the smile hiding behind her cup of tea said, 'Gotcha'!”
“I worked, and I was excited about the next time the five of us had a joint class. When that time came, Silvia started by asking us what we were passionate about. I scribbled down my family, music, ...”
“Something about being that close to him all the time made my bones feel weak.”
“I know there was a time, when our country was new, when the assignment of these numbers helped organize something that was on the brink of not existing. But we are no longer that country. We are so...”
“Whats it like to be in love?"Its the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you,”
“When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone.”
“But if it was always a point of speculation, where one person insisted it was a certain way and another denied it, how would anyone ever hold on to the truth?”
“I had been so mad at him when I left, I'd given them back. All except for the one that stuck to the bottom of the jar.He smiled. "They're at home, waiting.""For what?"His eyes glittered. "That, I c...”
