Claudia Gray

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

“Sometimes, hope is even harder to bear than grief.”

“Honestly, I've been asking myself how it would feel to be Princess Leia since I was seven years old.”

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

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

“The universe is in fact a multiverse.”

“All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.”

“'Star Wars' is very black and white, and honestly, I like it that way. But fantastical settings like that work best when the characters within them feel real. Real people have conflicts and make mistakes and get it wrong sometimes.”

“You’re going to tell me that last night shouldn’t have happened.”No. I’m glad it happened. For too long, I’ve been telling myself that I could spend all this time with yo and flirt with you and not have it mean anything. It does mean something. You mean something to me. But I’m not in love with you.”

“You should go." "I can't." "Because you want to stare at the monster?" Alec's green eyes blaze, but with a wholly human fire now. "Or because you pity me?" I couldn't guess which possibility he loathes more. I fold my arms. "I can't leave because the door's locked. Believe me, I would've gone hours ago if I could have." "Oh. Of course." Then he looks so abashed--so boyish, and so handsome--that I almost want to laugh.”

“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.”

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

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

“If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other the truth.”

“The only thing more compelling than love is power.”

“The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.”

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

“Napoleon might have understood Dwight D. Eisenhower, who fought not even a hundred and fifty years after Waterloo. But I don't think Eisenhower could even begin to wrap his mind around drone warfare, spy satellites, or any of the technology that now defines the security of our world.”

“I went to him in the doorway and embraced him tightly. "Thank you," I whispered. "You've done so much for us, and we've done nothing for you.""Don't say that." Vic's hands patted my back. "You're my friends. Nothing else to it.”

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