“You told me once that you didn't really expect to make it out of the Lera castle alive,' Olivia said. 'So this is fitting, right? This is how it was always supposed to go.' She looked from Em to the soldiers and back again, a sad smile on her face. 'I don't think I ever really expected to make it out of this alive either.”
“We're not the ones who live, Em. We're the ones who fight alone, so others can live better.”
“Not everyone has to ride off into the sunset with a man. Some of us just want a tan.”
“The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was her having a mind of her own at all.”
“...for many parents in pain, if you want to move forward, you'll have to first look backward.”
“Once you transcend the external differences, anything can be merged with anything.”