“Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone.”
“This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.”
“It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life.”
“Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt.”
“I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors.”
“It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more.”
“I think the last dinner was preferable to this one. At least Raven was there. And Lucien.”
“What is life without a bit of excitement.”
“My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart.”
“I feel myself dissolve into a thousand molecules, amazed at how three small words can completely alter my state of being.”
“Title does not protect you from everything.”
“Doctors are idiots," ...."It's the surrogate that counts.”
“Zumindest werde ich unter demselben Himmel sein, wohin auch immer es mich verschlägt. Hazel und ich werden wenigstens auf dieselben Sterne schauen.”
“Ik mag jou wel, met je interessante balans tussen gehoorzaamheid en minachting. - Hertogin”
“O, is de jacht op de surrogaten weer geopend?... Pas maar op, nieuw meisje. Dit jaar wordt ongetwijfeld gevaarlijk nu het om de hand van de lieve, kleine Exetor gaat. - Garnet”
“Wíj maken hun kinderen. Wíj hebben de macht. - De leeuwin”
“Je hebt me teleurgesteld, Violet. - Hertogin”
“I press my face against the wrought-iron bars on my window - they are arched and curl into the shape of roses, as i by making a pretty pattern, they can pretend they're something they're not.”
“I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the world coming to life in a thousand colors. It's hopeful.”
“This is what I'm wearing. This is my favorite thing to wear, and since it's the last time I'll ever get to choose my own outfit, I'm choosing this, because I love it and it's mine. I don't care what I look like.”
“Oh, love is handsome, love is charming
Love is beauty while it's new
But love grows old and love grows colder
And fades away like morning dew.”
“Maybe she knew it, and that's why she wasn't frightened at the end. "This is how it begins," she said. I wonder if she saw death as just another way to freedom.”
“Something had to be done. No one deserves this life. No one deserves to have their choices taken away.”
“I hate him. But I hate myself more, for being idiotic enough to believe that I could have that sort of happiness.”
“Knowing that it would happen and experiencing it are two entirely different things.”
“Ash, do you honestly think that what they've made you do affects who you are? You are a good person, and don't ever let anyone make you feel differently.”
“Once a small crack reveals itself, suddenly a hundred others appear. And then the walls that have been so carefully constructed begin to crumble.”
“Hoffnung ist ein kostbares Gut, nicht wahr? [...] Und doch wissen wir sie erst zu schätzen, wenn sie fort ist.”
“The rain was only water, and there was no such thing as a clean start. That was the thing with secrets - you had to carry them with you forever, no matter what the cost.”
“I clutched my chest, feeling my heart racing. “You treacherous, treacherous thing. What have you done?”
“Do I look like a freaking fairy - tale princess to you?”
“Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart.”
“Didn't go in, just hovered outside like homeless person because (a) place was too small and Detta would have spotted me, and (b) once you're through doors of shop like that, if you try to leave without buying anything, they shoot you in the back with sniper's rifle.”
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