“Living in a place like this, she must have learned how to see all the monsters that can hide a person.”

“This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see why she's grown to hate anything to do with love. She isn't evil or corrupt the way that Vaughn is. She's broken. Only broken.”

“He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here with us now, in this room. It's just him and me, and the books. I feel like our lives are in those books. I feel like all the words on the pages are for us.”

“I wonder if she has figured out that I'll never love Linden, especially not in the way she does, and that he'll never love anyone the way he loves her. I wonder if she realizes, despite all her efforts to train me, that I can never take her place.”

“There’s a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom.”

“Maybe hope isn't the most dangerous thing a person can have. Maybe love is.”

“But you," "Sixteen is perfect. You can spend the rest of your lives together. He won't have to be alone.”