“Someone should tell him that part of the art of politics is smiling when you feel like you’re swallowing a turd.”

“That’s when this warm feeling buzzes through you and you smile to yourself, knowing God’s watching you, knowing that He knows you’re trying to be strong to please Him.”

“Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.”

“Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.”

“What does he say?' he asked.
'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.'
'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.”

“Do you love him?"
Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”

“Don’t ever let someone make you feel like you’re crazy for wanting what you deserve.”

“They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.”

“If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy”

“When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.”