The Host (The Host, #1) QUOTES

2 " Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?”
“It's a strange universe,” he murmured.
“It's not fair,” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love–now, in this eleventh hour–and have to leave it? Was it fair that my soul and body couldn't reconcile? Was it fair that I had to love Melanie, too? Was it fair that Ian would suffer? He deserved happiness if anyone did. Itwasn't fair or right or even…sane. How could I do this to him?
“I love you,” I whispered.
“Don't say that like you're saying goodbye.”
But I had to. “I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become.” I worded it carefully, so that there would be no lie in my voice.
“If I were a Dolphin or a Bear or a Flower, it wouldn't matter. I would always love you, always remember you. You will be my only partner. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

4 " How could you fall in love with a three inch worm? "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

6 " I wanted the monster back and that was plainly wrong. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

8 " Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

10 " Even in the most compassionate, humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

12 " After all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

14 " So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

16 " Storytelling was the most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

18 " This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)

20 " I wanted myself. I wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed. "

― Stephenie Meyer , The Host (The Host, #1)