Ada Yu

“Maxon, some of those marks are on your back so they wouldn’t be on mine, and I love you for them.”

He stopped breathing for a second. “What did you say?”

I smiled. “I love you.”

“One more time, please? I just—”

I took his face in both of my hands. “Maxon Schreave, I love you. I love you.”

“And I love you, America Singer. With all that I am, I love you.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“The best people all have some kind of scar.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“Fire tests gold."
"Right" said Jocelyn. "...adversity tests one's strength of character. In difficult times, in dark times, some people shine.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

“I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.”
― Kiera Cass, The One