Tarah Benner > Quotes

“Just remember: your choices matter. Don’t let anyone take them away from you. We must make the choices that protect our freedom — even when they’re not easy.”
― Tarah Benner, The Defectors

“Looking in those eyes I had grown to like so well - the eyes I trusted implicitly but could make my stomach writhe with pleasure - I felt a twinge of sadness that there was nothing in the future to suggest we might ever be a normal couple.

"If we don't make it out alive -"

His shook his head once. "We will."

I continued, more quickly this time. "If we don't -"

"Especially if we don't," he finished, pulling me into him. My lips met his - this time unsurprised. This time, I wanted it desperately.”
― Tarah Benner, The Defectors

“My face was growing hot, but I kept talking. "You're the only one who believes in me most of the time."

He shook his head. "You keep us going. Everybody knows that."

"But you're the one who keeps me going. You're what I'm fighting for in all this.”
― Tarah Benner, The Last Uprising

“I guess I’ll be like, ‘Hey, motherfuckers . . . How the hell are ya?”
― Tarah Benner, Annihilation

“It’s funny how quickly patriotism can slide into the territory of national embarrassment.”
― Tarah Benner, Colony One

“overreliance bred complacency.  I”
― Tarah Benner, The Defectors

“She fascinated me because she and I are the same: Both of us came into the compound with nothing, and both of us desperately wanted to achieve something.”
― Tarah Benner, Recon

“She isn’t like the bots in the dining hall or the ones that tried to kill me. She doesn’t have weird doll eyes or silicone skin that feels like rubber to the touch. Her flesh is silky smooth and dotted with fine white hairs. I can see the hint of a vein beneath the surface and a patch of pink near her elbow where the skin starts to crinkle.”
― Tarah Benner, Colony One

“In Recon, they give you just enough to stay strong, but not strong enough to run very far.”
― Tarah Benner, Recon