Dystopian Romance Quotes

“You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated.”
― Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy

“Soulmates should have matching tattoos, surely?”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“I’ll miss you too. But for you, anywhere is better than here, bubbeleh.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“I want you to be happy. I want you to be free. I’d do anything to help you, but … if you could be both of those things, and be with me too … I would be here for that.”
― Hannah Elliott

“I want everything with you.” His thumb rubs against the back of my hand, his eyes tracking my lips. “And I’ll give you everything I’ve got… We’re almost there.”
― Hannah Elliott

“It’s because I’ve fallen into your orbit. I’m the moon, and you’re my world. Destined to stay by your side forever.”
― Hannah Elliott

“I try to say it. The words leave my heart, but fail to pass my lips. “I love you…”
― Hannah Elliott

“The world lacks colour and brightness—but maybe that’s what drew me to him in the first place. He was like a bright lifebuoy ring in a dark, rough sea. Now, without him, I find myself treading water, sinking, and I’m not sure if I care enough to stay afloat.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“It’s not safe here. You can stay here, surviving, or you can come with me and start living.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“You can keep the knife. You can even have my knife. I only want to keep you safe. Rangers come up and down this road, and then there are the marauders. Please, come with us. I promise you, we’re the good guys.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“My father died for the freedom of America, not for the Renegades! He fought for his wife and daughter! For his family. For women, so they aren’t caged in cities or studied in fertility factories.”
― Hannah Elliott

“Hey! I’m charged with keeping you safe, and I’m not in the business of losing people. If I didn’t think you could do this, I wouldn’t ask you to.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“Everlee, I’ll stay with you to the end.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“There’s an awkwardness that I hate. We have been separated by hundreds of miles for three years, and I didn’t think things would change. But something is different—and I hate that it’s me.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“Ahhh. That’s awkward…” Leon says with a wincing face. “Because, you see, she’s one of us now … and we’re not leaving without her.”
― Hannah Elliott

“Knowing the right thing to do takes good people. Doing the right thing takes powerful people.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“We’re all real people. I’m asking you to take a leap with us, and I promise it’s better than this.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“My bottom lip shakes as I try to form words. “I can’t leave him.” “You don’t have to, but we need to get you both out of there.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“We’ll prepare him a spot beneath the orchard.” A kiss is pressed on my cheek. “Be brave.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“An emptiness stretches through my chest and mind, similar to being caught in the shade on a sunny day, chased with a chilling shiver. It leaves me feeling light, as if gravity no longer has a hold on me. I can release myself from this earth and float into nothingness at any moment … but something stops me”
― Hannah Elliott

“Seeing him so broken halts me. He needs me. Being by his side prevents me from drifting into the oblivion, and as my heart aches, he will never know how much he is anchoring me. I’m surprised neither of us cries again. We have passed to another level, where tears are nothing compared to the sadness we feel.”
― Hannah Elliott

“I was supposed to protect him. This isn’t real! This shouldn’t be happening! We shouldn’t have come here!”
― Hannah Elliott

“It’s hard to describe loss. Someone suddenly no longer being. The last time you spoke to them. The last time you laughed together. It’s incomprehensible to believe they were all the last times. Like all those future moments have been carved from my chest, leaving a physical cavity in its place.”
― Hannah Elliott

“The coarse rope handles burn my palms, but I would rather feel the heat than let go. It’s so hard to keep letting go.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“Men didn’t make it to the moon alone. Journeying beyond the stratosphere is a team effort. Some people come into our lives, hear about our dream to reach the stars, and they choose to join us. They propel us from Earth—but some stay behind. It’s not everyone’s destiny to make it to the stars, but they were the fuel that got us there. Their efforts, their spirit, their love can continue in memory. And it’s important to honour them by continuing that journey.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“His chin rests atop my head as he recites sweetly: “My dear, There is not a peak so bleak that a flower doesn’t grow, Not a night so trite that a star doesn’t glow, Not a day so grey that the blue doesn’t show. My dear, Beyond the veil of the darkness, the painful harrow, Peace and freedom await you beyond the shadow.”
― Hannah Elliott

“I’m not as mean as I’d like to be. I do try.” - Atlas”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“It looks like quite the journey.” “Ahhh, good. They’re the best kind, kid.”
― Hannah Elliott, Missing Girls & Lost Boys

“Ignite, my love. Ignite, I grieve nothing. I take everything.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Sometimes he would remember a moment of sweetness and almost wish things had ended differently. But it would never have worked out between them, even if he'd stayed. They were simply too different. And he didn't like love, the way it had made him feel stupid and vulnerable. If he ever married, he'd choose someone incapable of swaying his heart. Someone he hated, even, so they could never manipulate him the way Lucy Gray had. Never make him feel jealous. Or weak. Livia Cardew would be perfect. He imagined the two of them, the president and his first lady, presiding over the Hunger Games a few years from now. He'd continue the Games, of course, when he ruled Panem. People would call him a tyrant, ironfisted and cruel. But at least he would ensure survival for survival's sake, giving them a chance to evolve. What else could humanity hope for? Really, it should thank him.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes