“I'd been right from the start—soulmates were for fairy tales. In real life, people were just people, and they couldn't be trusted.”

“Soulmate" is an overused term, but a true soul connection is very rare, and very real.”

“He always believed that people live up or down to the amount of trust you put in them.”

“This was real. And it was me. I had lived that life, and I had died that death. I was staring at the very end of me.”

“So what are you suggesting?" Grandfather asked. "We find a more acceptable group of people, then bring the Sacrifice to them? How do you propose we find them, a Facebook post? 'Click here to apply for eternal life'?”

“You're so convinced you'll disappoint people if you show them that you're not perfect. You don't realize you are perfect. Your imperfections are what make you perfect. They make you you. That's what people love. It's what I love too.”

“People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.”