“Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fearlove did.”

“I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.”

“Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.”

“Yes," he said sincerely. "Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.”

“Into the breach, then. Against mobs of middle-aged moms and frightening harridans we shall prevail.She nodded sharply, raising an invisible sword. And damned be heshewho cries, Hold, enough!Misquot...”

“I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift.”

“I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't you ever say it again!”

“Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.”

“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.”