“Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skillslike intelligence and physical prowessbecause men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at ...”

“Reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.”

“We don't have to go back to my place, Angel. I can take you home, if that's what you want. Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line ...”

“I believe in destiny Angel. I believe every choice I've made has brought me closer to you. I looked for you for a very long time. I may have fallen from heaven, but I fell for you.”

“I gave up something I wanted for something I need. And I need you, Angel.”

“His eyes made a slow scan of my closet doors, which were cracked. "I thought I heard something.""Yeah, well, guess what? Im a living, breathing person, and every now and then I make noise!”

“But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.”

“Nice costume," he said. "Ditto. I can tell you put a lot of thought into yours."Amusement curled his mouth. "If you don't like it, I can take it off.”

“Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join.”

“Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.”

“And Esme remembered in a rush--the wolfsong, the haunting, lyrical spirals of it in the dawn quiet and the feeling of euphoria that had attended it. Even in recollection the howling uplifted her li...”

“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

“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.”