Ally Condie Quotes

“Reaching and reached. Cassia”

“You’re one tough egg to crack. You know that? You’re like a Kinder egg wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside an enigma.”

“You never know you're making a mistake until it's too late. Sometimes we know we're taking a risk, but we always hope for the best. We hope that our mistakes will be forgiven, or at least forgotten. We hope that our mistakes will teach us something. Sometimes, unfortunately, mistakes are just mistakes that can't be undone or forgotten.”

“Biology doesn't make anyone a parent," Cassia added as she tucked her Eturian prayer stone beneath her shirt.”

“There is so much want. I feel it so much that I am water, a river of want, pooled in the shape of a girl named Cassia.”

“That’s how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have. (Cassia Reyes)”

“It could have been different," I say, almost under my breath. If I'd kissed Indie again after she kissed me. If I hadn't known Cassia before I met Indie."But it's not," Indie says, and she's right.”

“I guess that’s the way secrets are. They’re only heavy when you’re holding them. As soon as you let go, the significance of keeping those secrets hidden blows away and everything falls into place.”

“Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”

“The quickest path to self-destruction is to push away the people you love.”