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1 " There is a need, in every world, to believe in things that cannot be seen. "
― Lauren DeStefano , Burning Kingdoms (The Internment Chronicles, #2)
2 " This story is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."I could find another one," Basil says."No, I want to see if they'll I through with it," she says."I don't understand why they're throwing her in the volcano," I say."Because she's a virgin," Basil says, and clears his throat."We could throw Morgan into the volcano," Pen says. "
3 " I’ve recently begun to believe that love is synonymous with madness. It can’t possibly be an act of sanity. It is restless and always in pursuit. It will fall from the sky to have what it wants. "
4 " Maybe I'd hoped for something magical or historic, but all I see is greed. "
5 " Bravery is still the thing that sets change in motion" -Morgan "
6 " You look like you've never done a thing wrong in your life, and people like that lack common sense" -Judas "
7 " There are different sorts of geniuses. You're one too. I've never met a person with your ability to make peace" -Judas "
8 " Birdie's presence was gentle and quiet, but her absence is violent. "
9 " There is a need, in every world, to believe in things that cannot be seen" -Morgan "
10 " When someone you care about is suffering, you don't care if the whole world burns down around them, or they're covered in scars, or blind. You just want them back. And you'll accept whatever conditions come along with it" -Morgan "
11 " He closes his eyes. “It ends here, then, does it?”“It begins.” I say. "
12 " I think he’s the loveliest creature to have ever been born, the way he care for me. "
13 " I think he’s the loveliest creature to have ever been born, the way he cares for me. "
14 " But I see now that we can’t have what other people have. I’ve grown up feeling my own way for you, and it’s just something that in me, and I’ve always known it, like the way I love a song I hear for the first time, even before I know all the words, they way I love my favourite colour, and the way that the train would speed past my bedroom when it was very quiet and I’d feel it in my stomach rushing through me. I love you in a way I’ve never felt needed to be said. "
15 " Despite it's cruelty, I want to know life" -Morgan "
16 " ...I haven't had my fill of new things. I suspect I never will" -Morgan "
17 " I’ll go on hating everything, and you’ll go on finding the good in things that don’t deserve it. And we’ll never agree, but we’ll both be right. "
18 " Judas: The two of you are as close as betrotheds, aren't you?Morgan: Closer, probably. Because nobody told us we belonged together. We just always knew somehow that we were meant to be friendsJudas: Everyone needs someone they care for like that. Life's too lonely if you're only living it for yourself. "
19 " You look like you've never done a thing wrong in your life, and people like that lack common sense. "
20 " That's the illusion of war. You think the world is over when your city comes down. But then you realize that you're just one city in a planet the size of ten million cities" -Nim "
