In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power.

I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don't always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don't with a fair amount of specificity.

I’ve lost so many people. Some I left on purpose and never looked back. Some were taken from me, and I never said good-bye.

Because it takes more courage to heal the world's hurts than to inflict them.

I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.

What was the good of having such a fine home if you weren't willing to fight for it?

I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.