Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight... - Lauren Oliver, Delirium

"Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side."

"Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be adults--cured, tagged and labeled and paired and identified and placed neatly on our life path, perfectly round marbles set to roll down even, well-defined slopes."

"Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go."

"This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second of every single day that has come before this very moment, this kiss—has meant nothing."

"I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him."