Also, somehow, there doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I'll cheer for equality later.
Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive.
…victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us.
For our kind, death is only the beginning.
Noemy says, “I guess it’s just the idea of love I miss. And, well, it was a good kiss.” Her smile turns rueful. “At least I got some practice.” A wonderful idea occurs to Abel. “Do you need more pract...
Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin.
Every single world we've visited isn't just random—it's the result of countless choices, all of them combining to create a new reality. You and I have been given an infinity of chances, and that's so...
The universe is in fact a multiverse.
Tell me why.” My voice shook. “Tell me right now.
We can always hate that which we loved, and with a fire as great as our love once was.
That was how evil magnified itself: it took root in the young and grew along with them.
You should go." "I can't." "Because you want to stare at the monster?" Alec's green eyes blaze, but with a wholly human fire now. "Or because you pity me?" I couldn't guess which possibility he loathe...
Don't you think you ought to at least think about getting yourself to your ultimate? Because, trust me, nobody else is going to get you there.
Before you get in trouble, it pays to ask yourself how you'll get out again.
You always apologize for things you don't know. You should stop.
Answer suffering with kindness.
My hate is stronger than the dimensions, stronger than memory, stronger than time. My hate is now the truest part of who I am.
But grief changes. It softens, adapts its shape to become a part of you. That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.
Now I know that grief is a whetstone that sharpens all your love, all your happiest memories, into blades that tear you apart from within.
We can't begin to learn until we admit how much we don't know.
