"Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight."

"He wasn't allowed to come with me there-my own rule for thislittle adventure.No more.Good-bye, Aspen."

"It doesn't really matter how you feel about your character, it just matters what you do with it."

"I would be the best of us, the highest of the lows."

"It's hard to get a hug wrong."

"Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can."

"Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?"

"He grinned back at me, and I remembered how normal he'd made me feel the first time we'd met. Here, once again, he wasn't bothered by my silence. And I suddenly realized what made me feel so uncomfortable about Elizabeth's exploits. The people she attracted were drawn to the same thing everyone else was: our glowing skin, dreamy eyes, and air of secrecy. But this boy? He seemed to see more than that. He saw me not just as a mysterious beauty, but as a girl he wanted to know.He didn't stare at me. He spoke to me."

"Your Majesty-Tugging my ear. Whenever."

"She must have been debating staying in the line or forcing me to run home and change."

"When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone."