"Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it."
- Amanda Bouchet
"Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute...."
"You’re the shield, and I’m the sword."
"We were friends before.” Sort of. We never tried to kill each other."
"I turn back to Griffin. His expression is stony and unreadable, although if I had to take a wild guess, I’d say it was tending toward ominous."
"It’s just you always…” “Run,” I finish for him… I gaze up at him. Soft light plays over his striking features – the hard planes of his cheekbones, his strong jaw, the slight hook in his nose. “I’ll st..."
"I dread this power he has over me. It makes me want to tell him all my secrets and see if he still wants me."
"The ice inside me melts. Suddenly, I'm burning up and terrified, scared I'll be too weak to resist.Scratch that - I'm petrified I've already given in."
"Don’t you get it Cat? You’re the key. I knew it the day I laid eyes on you."
"I don’t know why it’s not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder."