I realize people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

I-" said Nick, his voice halting. "I don't mind it as much when - when people touch me. Some people." Mae looked down, and Nick, who looked more relaxed when he'd been stabbed, slowly lifted his hand from his chest and laid it on the tumbled sheets between them, fingers half-curled into his palm. He was still regarding the ceiling with a fixed glare." Because you trust them not to hurt you?" Mae asked tentatively." No," Nick said, his voice harsh. "Because I'd let them hurt me.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

I saw you put rice in a toaster once," said Mae. "I was there when made the tin of beans explode."" It was faulty," Jamie protested, his eyes shifty. " I am sure of this.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

It’s normal to like guys who seem to like you; it’s normal to want to be loved.” Kami raised her eyebrows. “I’m sixteen,” she said. “I’m not looking for love.”“Oh,” said Liz. “Uh, what are you looking for?”“Cheap thrills, mostly,” said Kami.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Kami got to school the next day without any incidents like being kidnapped by pirates or having the earth open up and swallow her, which on the whole Kami thought was a pity.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Kami," he said, "you're crying." "No, I am not," Kami lied. "I got something in my eye."" You got something in your eye."" Yes. Possibly a speck of dust," Kami said, and broke down. "All right, possibly my feelings.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that this was probably impractical.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant “quiet place.” He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts that had recurred to him over the years, like an unwanted guest slipping in through his doors: that there was no peace for such as he, no quiet place, and there never would be. Except he found himself remembering lying in bed with Alec—all of their clothes on, lounging on the bed on a lazy afternoon, Alec laughing, head thrown back, the marks Magnus had left on his throat very plain to see.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Maybe he likes the look of Mae," Nick drawled." Don't be ridiculous." Nick raised his eyebrows. "Does he like the look of Jamie?

— Sarah Rees Brennan