794 Quotes by Kiera Cass

Maybe one day another life might catch up with me. Or there could be no other life at all. I guess I couldn’t say for sure. Either way, I choose Akinli. There are some things you just know. And I know I want Akinli. I hope that will always be a good enough answer: that he’s what I would take over anything else.

He rolled his eyes. “Don’t talk to me like that, Eadlyn. I’m fourteen, not four. I read all the papers, and I pay attention at the Reports. I speak more languages than you, and I’m learning all the things you have without anyone making me do it. Don’t act like you’re better than me. I’m a prince.” I sighed. “Yes, but I will be queen,” I corrected, sipping my coffee. I really didn’t need this right now.

I walked away, angry with Maxon for making me feel this way... and angry with myself for making things so much worse.

Aspen had shifted to fill a desperate place in my life. Not my boyfriend, not my friend, but my family.

America Singer, one day you will fall asleep in my arms every night. And you’ll wake up to my kisses every morning.

All I knew was, even if she wasn’t mine, I wanted to leave her with a smile.

I really hope so. Partly because, yes, we’re duty bound to produce heirs. But also... I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy seasons and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter finger-prints on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.” – Maxon Schreave.

But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that’s what mothers did.

Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn’t alone.