Kiera Cass, The Selection Quotes

True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.

I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.

P.S. May, don’t these strawberry tarts just make you want to cry?

No, I’m not choosing him or you. I’m choosing me.

Castes never meant that much to me.

The Selection was no longer something that was simply happening to me, but something I was actively a part of. I was an Elite.

I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

You’re too beautiful for your own good. Once you leave, we’ll have to send some of the guards with you. You’ll never survive on your own, poor thing.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.

No wonder I’d never had any friends. I was shockingly bad at it.

I let myself be sad. I let myself think of him.

Great. Now the queen thought I was a misfit, too.

The Swendish queen— whose name I couldn’t pronounce to save my life.

Yeah, Mom, I’ll just keep telling the prince that he has absolutely no shot with me and offend him as often as I can. Great plan.

The picture of me just after I’d found out Aspen was saving up to marry me. I looked radiant, hopeful, beautiful. I looked like I was in love. And some idiot thought that love was for Prince Maxon.

My shoes I got to pick. I chose worn-out red flats. I figured I should make it clear from the start that I wasn’t princess material.

So here I was expecting at the very best a cordial welcome from the girls who were prepared to fight me to the death for someone I didn’t want. Instead I was embraced.

I don’t think any girl in all of Illéa could have been smiling more than me.

I had to stop myself from laughing. Who needs help taking a pill?

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

And Carolina will be cheering on the beautiful daughter of Magda and Shalom Singer, the new Lady America Singer!

I thought about the cameras following me in the terminal and pictured my family watching my entrance on TV. I hoped they’d be proud.

I guessed princesses-in-training didn’t wear pants.

Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now.

Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?

Listen to me, kitten. Win or lose, you’ll always be a princess to me.

I can’t help it." I sighed. "One can never help being born into perfection.

Because even though you're dating five other women, I think I'm cheating on you.

If you don’t want me to be in love with you, you’re going to have to stop looking so lovely. First thing tomorrow I’m having your maids sew some potato sacks together for you.

You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes.

Your Majesty—Tugging my ear. Whenever.

But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that’s what mothers did.

It was over, and I knew that. But you don't love someone for almost two years and then turn it off overnight...

Would you like me to let you go home to your love today?" he asked. It was obvious that my preference for someone else bothered him, but instead of choosing to ve angry, he showed compassion.

Let her go!" That was a new voice, young but full of authority. ... There was Prince Maxon...."Open the doors.""But-Your Majesty-""Open the doors now and let her go. Now!

Prince Maxon surveyed the room and found me. Our eye met for a moment, and he smiled.

It was dark, so I couldn't make out much of her face, but she had brilliant red hair, like honey and roses and the sun altogether.

So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions…

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

I hit your thigh!”“Oh, please. A man doesn’t need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.

Yes, Maxon, " I whispered. "It’s possible.

I was stunned into silence, the way I always was when he touched the sky places of my heart.

We'll when he lets his guard down he's okay. Like when he just talks without checking his words or you catch him just looking at something like... He's really looking for the beauty in it.

America, I don't think you can change history." All the same, his expression looked hopeful."Sure we can. Besides, who'd ever know about it but you and me?