“The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.” Quote by Sheryl Sandberg
“Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,” I say, taking another step forward. “You never were a poet, were you, Todd?” he says.” StepsPoetSteps Forward Author:Patrick Ness
“He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face, and the sight tears at me. The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.” I CanEyeWantedPainLastsFacesBoysTearsWeaknessSittingSightCriminalsVulnerableHis EyesRepublicButtonsPausesUndoingMost Wanted Author:Marie Lu
“We're in this together, right?" he whispers. "You and me? You want to be here, yeah?" There's guilt in his questions. "Yes," I reply. "I chose this." Day pulls me close enough for our noses to touch. "I love you.” WantEnoughTogetherLove YouYeahGuiltNosesThis Day Author:Marie Lu
“Now you'll get to see how I can really run a building, darlin. Not even a cracked knee to hold me back, yeah? What a nice birthday present.” I CanRunningNiceBuildingYeahKneesCrackedHold Me Author:Marie Lu
“Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic” RememberFacesTurnsJunePistolsIdiotic Author:Marie Lu
“I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.” WantedFacesStepsDuesRepublicPostersPretty FaceYour Pretty Author:Marie Lu
“Imagine the first discovery that one of these epidemics was man-made—the panic, the violence that would ensue. That’s where the end would come. A typhoon kills a few hundred people, does a few billion in damage, and what do we do?” Erskine interlocked his fingers. “We come together. We put the pieces back. But a terrorist’s bomb.” He frowned. “A terrorist’s bomb does the same damage, and it throws the world into turmoil.” He spread his hands apart like an explosion going off. “When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we must destroy him.” PeopleMenWorldFirstsDoeMadeEndsHandsTogetherPiecesImagineViolenceHundredDiscoveryFellowsBlameForgivingFingersSpreadBillionsTerroristDamageBombsPanicFellow ManExplosionsTurmoilEpidemicsTyphoons Author:Hugh Howey
“some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong.” PastBetter Off Book:Shift: (Wool Trilogy 2) Source: Shift: (Wool Trilogy 2)
“The first time I saw you, when you stepped into that Skiz ring against Kaede, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. I could've watched you forever. The first time I kiss you..." That memory overpowers me now, taking me by surprise. I remember every last detail of it, almost enough to push away the lingering images of the Elector pulling June to him. "Well, that might as well have been my first kiss ever.” FirstsWellsHas BeensEnoughMightLastsBeautifulRememberGirlMemoriesForeverSawsKissingFirst TimeSurpriseDetailsRingsPullingJuneFirst KissLingeringBeautiful GirlMy First KissFirst Time I Saw You Author:Marie Lu
“He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.” PeopleMenPersonsFallDecentSpellsWrong Person Author:Hugh Howey