“Remember, there is no peace without peaceful exchange.”

“Bellamy took Clarkes hand, then leaned in and whispered, Should we go check on your parents? She turned to him and tilted her head to the side. Dont you think its a little early to be meeting my pa...”

“Nature was beautiful in a way he'd never imagined, but this...this was life.”

“I'll say that you were so beautiful, you made me do ridiculous, reckless things.”

“They were going to drag the boy she loved into the clearing, point a gun at the kindest, bravest person she'd ever met, and end his life with the twitch of a finger.”

“Bellamy took Clarke’s hand, then leaned in and whispered, “Should we go check on your parents?” She turned to him and tilted her head to the side. “Don’t you think it’s a little early to be meeting...”

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to...”

“[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)”

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. ...”

“None of my life is based on how others think I should have lived it.”

“...looking up at the stars, he had accepted life as a medium for action. Something to wield like a tool. Ones own life: an instrument for the shaping of the world.”

“[F]or what in this world is worth doing that doesn't require a portion of one's body and soul?”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”