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Ally Condie is an American novelist born on November 2, 1971. She is known for her young adult literature and science fiction novels, with her most famous work being the 'Matched' trilogy. This series has gained immense popularity for its unique love story and profound exploration of the future society.

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“Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle-it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It's not an act of bitterness. It's an act if self-preservation. It's not always a bad idea to stay behind the window and look out at life instead, is it?”

“I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.”

Ifs Wonder Strength Matched

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Source: Matched

“You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all.”

Ifs Life Moving Courage Journey Unwilling

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“If you let hope inside, it takes you over. It feeds on your insides and uses your bones to climb and grow. Eventually it becomes the thing that is your bones, that holds you together. Holds you up until you don't know how to live without it anymore. To pull it out of you would kill you entirely.”

Ifs Knows Use Together Grows Know How Bones Climbs Over It

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Source: Reached

“I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blnd eyes and stiky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through.”

Ifs Sometimes Enough Eye Strong Wonder Break Wings Mourning Butterfly Strong Enough Cloaks Break Through Cocoons Not Strong Not Strong Enough

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“Do you think you could let someone go if you thought it was best for them?”

Book:Reached

Source: Reached

“I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.”

Ifs Knows Way Want Heart Hands Would Be Waiting Break My Heart Constant Hungry Heal Reach Out Ache Heart Break

Author:Ally Condie

About the Author

Born: November 2, 1971
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 138

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