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1 " Another ship. It’s the best news I could ever have imagined. Who are they going to send? Who’s coming?I stare out of the helm window, straining my eyes against the infinite blackness, pressing my fingernails into my palms so hard they sting. I can’t see anything except the silver pinprick stars.How long until I’ll be able to see The Eternity?How long until it will be able to see me? "
― Lauren James , The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
2 " I don't think there are any true heroes. Just people who ignore their survival instincts long enough to do something incredibly foolhardy. "
― Lauren James , The Next Together (The Next Together, #1)
3 " I can remember thinking I’d been turned inside out. Kind of like the first time I saw you. "
― Lauren James , The Last Beginning (The Next Together, #2)
4 " Pick your battles," she muttered in her ear."I am! I'm picking this one! I'm picking all of them! "
― Lauren James , Another Beginning (The Next Together, #2.5)
5 " I cannot believe you formed this plan," Clove said. "No one else would think of this but you.""That's true; I am very clever!" Ella wriggled next to Clove, peering."That is the opposite of what I meant."Ella sighed. "Clove, please recognize the negative energy you are bringing into this space.""WE'RE IN A POTATO CART!"Ella shushed her. "I do everything for a reason. Just because you do not know that reason, does not make it silly.""Sometimes the reason is that you make bad choices," Clove muttered. "
6 " Love take so much energy, and it just leads to pain. I think it's probably best for people to be self-sufficient. If I was strong enough to be independent, then I wouldn't be so desperately lonely. I'm sure of it, "
7 " 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? "
8 " 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. "
― Lauren James , The Quiet at the End of the World
9 " 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. "
10 " On good days, which don’t come often, I love my ship and everything it represents. I thrill at the thought of seeing Earth II. There are going to be so many things there that have never been seen by human eyes before. I’ll get to study the planet using priceless, brand-new equipment that’s just waiting to be unpacked. I’ll discover things that might change the fate of humanity for ever. The Infinity is the biggest, most expensive scientific mission in history. I get to be the very first person to see the results. I’m so lucky.On bad days, I worry about my responsibilities until my gut cramps and my head feels full of knives.On my very worst days, I think of nothing but how vulnerable I am out here. I’m balanced on the edge of oblivion with only a fragile skin of metal separating me from the void of space. "
11 " This voyage was never meant to be easy. It was meant to be important. "
12 " I love you. In every life, I love you. I love you so much. "
13 " Not exactly hard, is it?”“That’s what she said,” Kate interjected.Matt shook his head. “And this is where I chose to lay my affections,” he muttered, like it was just the latest in a series of bad life choices he’d made. "
14 " …Maybe that’s what matters. Maybe that’s what being “alive” is. It’s not some trick. There’s no magic chemical that gives something a soul. It’s about being loved and loving in return. "
15 " This whole journey is a balancing act based on faith. We're all just hoping the The Infinity will eventually be able to reach somewhere safe. And for what? To satisfy the great human spirit of exploration?My life is a gambling chip thrown carelessly across the universe in the hope it'll land somewhere my descendants can survive. "
16 " He started a brief staring contest, which was apparently his new method of persuading her to agree to his point of view without the hassle of actually yelling. "
17 " We live in the quiet at the end of the world. The slow winding-down clockwork motions before life stops completely. Time is slipping through our fingers. "
18 " 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. "
19 " You think you are a lot funnier than you are, you know,” he replied, not looking away from the cannon.“I am extremely amusing! I don’t think you are listening properly. "
20 " All I'm doing is carrying you around, and making a fool of myself. I’m useless. I’m not helping anyone.’’ ‘’Clove Sutcliffe, you are doing things no human has ever done before. You are groundbreaking. You are unique. Do not cease to function due to inappropriate emotional weakness. "
