“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didntwork out the first time.”

“In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawing blood.”

“You can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.”

“But it was not the note that counted so much as the writing of it.Just because it wouldnt last forever out there didnt mean it hadntexisted. thats why I was there. I was there for a moment. Andbeca...”

“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’twork out the first time.”

“Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And i...”

“Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be.""That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at he...”

“Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone.”

“What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.”

“Sky, wait. The way his voice wraps around my name makes me wish the only word in his entire vocabulary way Sky.”

“I'm not going to do it again," Lena Marquez whispered to the red purse across the hall from her nestle of blankets. "Never again.”

“Witches are naturally nosy, said Miss Tick, standing up. Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.Will it cost me anything?What? I just said it was free...”

“How can you be one of the stars of heaven, when the stars are innumerable? What star number do you have?”

“His words were full of hope and threat. Like the stars.”