Favorite Book Quotes

I rested my hand on Will's shoulder. 'Don't worry. We'll be back by dawn.' His mouth trembled ever so slightly. 'How can you be sure?' 'I'm the sun god,' I said, trying to muster more confidence than I felt. 'I always return at dawn.

Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don’t think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)

Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.

Nothing makes you quite so aware of a person's presence as the loss of it.

I clutched my chest, feeling my heart racing. “You treacherous, treacherous thing. What have you done?

Beauty is subjective. You know how sometimes what makes a person attractive is the way they make you laugh or how it seems like they can read your mind?

You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even if the thing that is most perfect for you.

Maybe it's not the first kisses that are supposed to be special. Maybe it's the last ones.

My ability is my most prized possession, even though it separates me from everyone else. But for power, for my own power, it is a price I am willing to pay.

I have been running for so long. Since before all this even started. Even back in the Stilts, I was a runner. Avoiding my family, my fate, anything I didn’t want to feel. And I am still racing now. From those who would kill me—and those who would love.

I see you as you could become, no longer the lightning, but the storm. The storm that will swallow the world entire.