“When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street.”

“…. and when Tatiana lifted her glistening eyes to him, Alexander was looking down at her with his I’ll-get-on-the-bus-for-you-anytime face.”

“He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
Before she saw him.”

“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It differentiated her from the others”

“Tatiana realized she was too young to hide well what was in her heart but
old enough to know that her heart was in her eyes.”

“It was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way”

“She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.”

“When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.”

“There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.”

“I stare at her, as dumbstruck as if she'd just admitted she's a Scientologist with an invitation to join Tom and Katie on the spaceship when it shows up.”