24 Quotes by Lauren James

Is no life at all better than the constant fear and fight for survival I face every day? I don’t know. If a life of fear isn’t worth living, then why should I carry on? It’s not possible to be more afraid than I am right now.

This voyage was never meant to be easy. It was meant to be important.

I love you. In every life, I love you. I love you so much.

No species has ever survived by trying to cling to what’s gone. You can’t exist if you’re trying to get back to an environment or culture or climate that’s changed. You have to adapt if you want to keep going.

Matthew hereby declares that Katherine Galloway is retroactively responsible for all embarrassing and painful incidents that have occurred in his life to date. Including, but not limited to, that time he broke his own nose with a tennis racket in eighth grade. KATHERINE’S FAULT.

I just want someone who holds on. Someone who won’t ever let me go, whatever tries to tear us apart. Is that too much to ask?

I’ve got the half-real fear that creeps up on you in the middle of the night, making you think that there is a monster in your room.

There’s no finish line you need to cross to have lived a worthy life, Lowrie. You don’t need to achieve anything if you don’t want to.

Are you absolutely certain this is safe?” Matthew Galloway asked, peering suspiciously out over the lake.