Pearl

“You probably don't like snow, right?'

'Oh, I like it,' Nate said. 'Snow makes it socially acceptable to stay in.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Vanishing Stair

“Am I ever going to see you again?" Hideo asks him. In his voice is his lost self, the boy who grew up with a silver streak of grief in his hair. And that's when I realize that, at the end, we'd all wish for the same thing. Just a little more time.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“When the world is murky, guide yourself with your own steady light.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“In spite of everything I'd seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I'm sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life. And yet, here I am. Maybe I should feel like a hero. But I don't. It's always easier to destroy than create.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard