“Everyone has connections. For some it's family, like my brother and I. For some it's friendship, like you and Wes. And for others, it's something much more powerful, something yet to be seen.”

“In a crowd, it's always easy to disappear.”

“I know your hormones are raging right now, but that does not justify bumping off the creepy new kids in school!”

“The only boys I ever saw here had glasses thick enough to be considered bullet proof and GPA's fit for Harvard.”

“We live many lives, Jane, but very rarely do we ever come across the same soul twice.”

“What once hurt, eventually helped me to heal.”

“There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.”