Ally Condie Crossed Quotes

“She cried before she slept. I reached out to touch the ends of her hair. She didn't notice. I didn't know what to do. Listening to her made me ache. I felt tears stream down my face too. And when I accidentally brushed Eli with my arm his face was wet where his tears ran down. We have all been carved out by our sorrow. Cut deep like canyon walls.”
― Ally Condie, Crossed

“I see a glint in her eye as she looks at me and it makes me smile. Hold our breath? she seems to say. Move the earth? We've been doing that all along.”
― Ally Condie, Crossed

“For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives(Cassia 'Reached')”
― Ally Condie