Nobody calls me 'blondie' and keeps their kneecaps.

There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.

These pictures are my heart. And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.

We are bound together, Emma, bound together—I breathe when you breathe, I bleed when you bleed, I’m yours and you’re mine, you’ve always been mine, and I have always, always belonged to you!

The world is terrible, " said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.

When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.

It was hard to live normally when you were constantly pretending you didn't see what was going on in front of your face.

Why are you wearing a T-shirt under your other T-shirt?" Livvy asked."In case one of them is stolen, " Marked said, as it were entirely normal.

I've been thinking of installing a train in my house. It could bring me shrimp crackers from the kitchen.

And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.

Kieran glanced at her with shimmering eyes. Neither looked quite human: The black eye was too dark, the silver too metallic. And yet the overall effect was haunting, inhumanly beautiful.

Things go away to return, brightened for the passage

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

People are stupid. There's a lot of dumb stuff that's successful.

No wonder you and Jace like each other so much. You're both crazy walking arsenals.

There is a time to be still in the pose.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it.

I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.

I've never made plans for more than a day ahead.