We were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors," she told him once. "I was paper and she was rock so I lived and she died.

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave home without their safety nets and I think, good for them, but the thing with safety nets is this. I got tangled in them so many times and the Stella girls always seemed to leave me dangling, upside down, to the point where I almost couldn't breathe anymore.

People with lost personalities will suffer a great deal more than those with lost virginities.

he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.

He watched as Finnikin swung onto the horse, his sleeve stained with blood. Froi liked the way Finnikin reached behind him and took Evanjalin's hand, placing it around his waist. It made everything seem normal because Finnikin always wanted to touch her.

And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for. He wished that he had never met any of them.