There is more to life than surviving.

I love you. And I don't want to lose you.

You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.

Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it. and you'll survive

Alec looked horrified, as if she'd asked him to put on a tutu and execute a perfect pirouette.

You could say anything you wanted to someone you thought you were never going to see again.

Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.