We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you.

She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened.

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.