It’s not selfish to be yourself and pursue your dreams.
This ship is built on secrets; it runs on secrets
We all die someday. Maybe the only thing that makes that fact bearable is the idea that death is the only way we can return to the stars.
You could drop me anywhere in the universe, blindfolded, and I'd know this was his room just from the smell.
¿Qué pasaría si estuviese en la Tierra y no en esta dichosa nave? Si hubiese conocido a Elder en el instituto, en un bar o en una cita a ciegas; si hubiese podido elegir entre Elder y cualquier otro c...
And that’s why I’ll never be as good an Eldest as he is. Because I like a little chaos.
Así de frágil es la vida de una generación en una nave espacial: el peso de nuestra existencia se basa en un motor roto.
But Amy, Elder says. Space suits!
But death doesn't work like that. It doesn't care if someone loves you, doesn't want you to go. It just takes. It takes and it takes until eventually you have nothing left.
Cuando tenía catorce años, mi padre me llevó a cazar con él, en Colorado, y maté a un alce. Lo hizo para que supiera lo que es quitar una vida, de modo que no dudara en hacerlo cuando lo necesitara. T...
God, did they ? A year made the world of difference! This was one more year I could be with Jason, one more year I could ! I signed up for three hundred years. . . not three hundred and one!
Harley siempre ha sido así: piensa que la ignorancia es la mejor manera de protegerse. No entiende que, a menudo, lo que nos imaginamos es peor que la verdad
He treats books like treasured, rare things, and I guess they are, but my father used to dog-ear books and read them until they fell apart, and I like his method better
I feel the darkness inside me like a creature curled up in my chest, breathing smoke and fire. It is always there. It weighs on me. It's not contained by anything but my own skin. Sometimes it sleeps....
I hug my knees, burying my face in my arms.This room feels very large, and I feel very small.
That is what a book is: a million little things, a thousand feelings, hundreds of experiences, all melted together and sculpted into a book-shaped vessel.
This ship is built on secrets; it runs on secrets, he says, tiny droplets of spittle flying from his mouth to my face. And if you keep asking about them, you'll see how far I'm willing to go to keep m...
You could have valued our lives more than your secrets.
You must dedicate your whole life to this idea: you are the caretaker of every single person on this ship. They are your responsibility. You can never show weakness in front of them: you are their str...
¡Serás idiota! -dice golpeándome de nuevo-. ¿Para qué quiero un planeta si tú no estás?
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