418 Quotes by Mary E. Pearson

Truth was a harder skill to master than swinging a sword.

I didn’t think about his world or mine or the future we couldn’t have. I only thought about the warm light behind my eyelids, his soft murmurs in my ear, and the fullness of what we had in that moment. And we touched in all the ways of yesterday and more.

The ghosts, they never go away. They call to you in unexpected moments, their hands lacing with yours and pulling you down paths that lead nowhere.

Betrayal tends to familiarize one with weapons.

Maybe when you’re about to die, secrets don’t seem so important to keep.

Sometimes you need to own one whole day. Maybe that’s what makes you brave enough to face another.

I went back to my thoughts of Lia. How could I tell her that I knew in my gut from almost the beginning that we were meant to be together? That I had seen myself growing old with her. That a gift I wasn’t even sure she really possessed had told me her name long before I ever laid eyes on her.

You do not have to be the one to do this.” “It has to be someone, Rafe! Why not me? Yes, I could turn away and ignore everything in my heart. Leave it to someone else! Maybe hundreds have! But maybe I choose to step forward, instead of stepping back.

This life was a dream of my own making, one where my imagination was my only boundary. It was a life that I alone commanded.