Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.

Jem told me what Ragnor Fell said about my father,” Will said. “That for my father, there was only ever one woman he loved, and it was her for him, or nothing. You are that for me. I love you, and I will only ever love you until I die —

We needn't talk about Tessa if you don't want to, you know." "It's not Tessa." This was true. Will hadn't been thinking of Tessa. He was getting good at not thinking about her, really; all it took was determination and practice.

The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.

cleverness that comes too late is hardly cleverness at all?

And like lambs to a slaughter we shall follow.

A Mark that spoke of loss was still a Mark, a remembrance. You could not lose something you never had.