292 quotes found
Writer of young adult fiction · American
American writer of young adult fiction
“Prince Maxon surveyed the room and found me. Our eye met for a moment, and he smiled.”
“Perfect was my only option.”
“You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even in the thing that is most perfect for you.”
“What’s it like to be in love?”"It’s the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you,”
“When we were in New York, you cried for two days and passed out. You said a word in your sleep, over and over. Akinli.” Elizabeth stared down at the drawing.“At first I thought it was gibberish. An...”
“I cannot explain how two souls join. No man or element or god ever could. But you are tied to each other. Because of that—because of your true, consuming, pure love—you will thrive together . . . o...”
“When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone.”
“I got the groceries and lugged them all the way to Akinli’s dorm, running slightly behind because I couldn’t get into the building on my own. The university required ID cards to get into the dorms ...”
“Let her go!" That was a new voice, young but full of authority. ... There was Prince Maxon...."Open the doors.""But-Your Majesty-""Open the doors now and let her go. Now!”
“Would you like me to let you go home to your love today?" he asked. It was obvious that my preference for someone else bothered him, but instead of choosing to ve angry, he showed compassion.”
“Elizabeth nodded, looking too dejected to do much more. “Can she just go back to him?” she pleaded. “He’s dying. She’s dying. They can’t have a life together, but at least they could have th”
“When we’d all settled down from that first night, Julie found a bag on the porch, which we thought must have been left by the same three girls who had brought me to them. Just like the clues on my ...”
“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 sense that you won’t let the world push you into a life you don’t want. Maybe I’m wrong so let me at least say this: Fight, America. You might not want to fight for the things that most others wo...”
“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...”
“It's amazing how photography can capture just a split second of something exquisite.”
“Luck was fine and well, but I didn't need it. I had a plan.”
“It was over, and I knew that. But you don't love someone for almost two years and then turn it off overnight...”
“Eventually you will find something to put that energy into and you will be unstoppable. Even now with something you take no joy in, you do your task dutifuly, because it's all you can do. There's s...”
“It was a delicious feeling, falling in love. I'd had so many luxuries in my life, and I thought I'd had a taste of this before, but I realized now it was merely a cheap imitation of something not m...”