177 Quotes by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Sometimes I hated the way my brain worked, like a magnet to thoughts I should not have and actions I should not take. My mother said I was born backward and that probably explained how I’d gotten this way. Maybe she was right – I didn’t know.

You won’t eat to save yourself, but you will to save a stranger. How interesting.

Everyone gets scared at times. It’s only the fools who won’t admit it.

For on the far wall, a girl with long brown hair and tea-colored eyes was slowly rising to her feet. Imogen.

We called it Communist Gray. It was the color of our buildings, our markets, our streets. The color of the wall. Even the skies were gray today. Somehow the GDR must have figured out how to bleach that out too.

Long live king Jaron. If he leads us half as well as he entertains us, then Carthya has a truly great future ahead.

I loved everyone who’s been taken from me. So don’t tell me when I’m allowed to break.

Celia had served me well, but not always with the full function of her brain.

Tell me you’re not broken,” he said. “I know it must feel that way, but you can rise from this.