142 quotes found
“Everyone has to die at some point, so the thought of passing on together while holding hands with my one true love has always sounded like an amazing fairy tale. It reminds me of the old Shakespear...”
“Without the Dreamscape, we cant sleep.My parents remind me all the time about stories their parents told them, of how things were in the Manic Age. The time before our bodies were upgraded to sync ...”
“Darian murdered them in cold blood. Thats a crime punishable with life in the Terrorscape, where you experience the worst nightmares imaginable.”
“Hes a lovely guy, but theres no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government cant legislate for chemistry.”
“There comes a time when a man must forgo familiarity and venture into uncertainty; risking obscurity, but also quite possibly finding meaning.”
“The city is a plague and I am the penicillin.”
“The most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice.”
“Isolation was the final blow. Scattering their unity like a body chopped into seven. Life cannot prevail in each piece; it can only survive as one. With every new grenade that the Institute lobbed,...”
“I can taste the good-bye on his lips.”
“I knew I was not alone. They would never leave until ever last one of us was gone.”
“But just being whatever it is that I am . . . I dont think that makes me a monster. Believe me, I know. ere are plenty of real monsters walking around out there in the world. ey look respectable, b...”
“I know youre scared. Im scared too, all of the time. But I have been running for the last six years and I cant run anymore. Our world is falling apart. We arent living, not really. We are just surv...”
“By your eighteenth birthday you're supposed to know. They're supposed to tell you. Splicer. True Born. Laster.”
“Let your life be a song. Let music be the background of whatever human things you will do for this blazing, spinning planet, and never let go of the good, never let go of the kindness.”
“Those eyes, they were my own kind of madness”
“A man of peace is guided by peace, but when that peace is threatened, he has a choice to either kneel down and die silently as it falls into chaos, or fight for it and not look back. ~ Ryan Mark, A...”
“Zane looks pensive, and then his lips twitch. They say most girls end up marrying a guy just like their dad.Oh God Thats so lame, I say, spluttering as coffee dribbles down my chin. I believe its ...”
“For the first time, with complete clarity and absolute conviction, I know I love him entirely with all that I have, everything I am, and who Im going to be. Of course, Ive told him before, but not ...”
“Well, as I see it, the only way to win is to play the game and beat everyone at it. And I mean, whos to say you cant make your own rules? I say.Spoken like a true outlaw, Nicholas retorts.I smirk, ...”
“Uncle Joe pulled the L.E.F. from his head and his side arm from his hip. We dont have five minutes.”
