Claudia Gray Quotes

What had seemed like love was betrayal

Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.

Sometimes, hope is even harder to bear than grief.

He takes my hand and says, 'Let's make a world.

But just because something’s been damaged doesn’t mean it’s ruined.

Answer suffering with kindness.

Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive.

…victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us.

For our kind, death is only the beginning.

Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin.

The universe is in fact a multiverse.

That was how evil magnified itself: it took root in the young and grew along with them.

Don't you think you ought to at least think about getting yourself to your ultimate? Because, trust me, nobody else is going to get you there.

Before you get in trouble, it pays to ask yourself how you'll get out again.

You always apologize for things you don't know. You should stop.

Also, somehow, there doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I'll cheer for equality later.

My hate is stronger than the dimensions, stronger than memory, stronger than time. My hate is now the truest part of who I am.

But grief changes. It softens, adapts its shape to become a part of you. That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.

Your soul is bigger than your programming.

We can't begin to learn until we admit how much we don't know.

Ester would tell her to dance faster, leap higher, to laugh out loud with all the breath in lungs. That’s what the dead would tell the living, if they could—to grab hold of joy whenever it comes.

We are this world. Its next generation. If you’re not trying to save us, then what exactly are you trying to save?

The only thing more compelling than love is power.

Rachmaninoff. The 18th Variation of a Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

The sun is setting on the New Republic, ” Leia said. “It's time for the Resistance to rise.

He deserves better than this. But "deserves" doesn't have a lot to do with falling in love.

I love the romance in Kimberly Derting's 'The Body Finder.' 'Cold Kiss' by Amy Garvey is unbelievably touching - and about so much more than just romantic love.

I've loved Leia and Han since I was seven years old. Getting a chance to tell some of their adventures? Mind-blowing on every level. I wish I could go back in time and high-five my baby self.

Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day, " Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.

Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.

Abel. I can’t let you…sell your body.”“The transaction is closer to a rental.

This is the last time Abel lets the humans make the plans.

Vic knelt by Lucas's side. 'You look like crap, by the way.''Thanks for breaking it to me gently.' Lucas took a deep breath, then groaned.

The opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.

Silently he traces out a new constellation, one only he knows. One with Noemi at the very heart.

But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

You don't even know what loyalty means.""The hell I don't! Ciena, if I weren't loyal to you, would I be here?

This could be our greatest nightmare. But maybe, intead this would be our only hope of salvation.

…one world’s poison might be another’s salvation

Sometimes we're loyal to more than one thing. When there's a conflict, we have to choose which loyalty to honor.

Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony, " Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.

I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.”I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.