“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.”

“We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded Coke can. "This guy's lady love is kind of a slob, don't you think?" he whispe...”

“St. Clair clears his throat. 'My fiance and I are headed out for a celebratory dessert. I'd ask you all to join us, but I don't want you there.”

“We cant stop smiling at each other. I cant believe that adults get to do this every day. And I dont even mean sex, though its wonderful, but things like this. Brushing our teeth at the same sink. D...”

“Im beginning to think that maybe its okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe its okay that my future is unknown. And maybe, I say with another smile, its okay to be inspired by the people who do know thei...”

“It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Is...”

“It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.”

“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”

“She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.”

“Triana realized Alexio was going to unravel her predictable world and the idea excited her.”

“[Earl, on liking someone] Because, honestly, the rational part of me know for a rock-solid fact that I would never, ever get with Madison Hartner. But that was just the rational part of me. There's...”

“An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you're doing, even if the other person isn't doing it back. An unar...”

“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.”