“Eggshells become hard to break after walking on them for so long.”

“When I met you on the beach, it was chance. When we sat together at the bonfire, it was circumstance; but when you fell in love with me, it was fate.”

“I always knew I was stubborn. I just never realized that stubbornness was just another word for determination.”

“And, Evie, when you walk away from people, even strangers, you gotta know that their eyes follow you. And I'll tell you why because I've felt it myself. It's because they don't want to see the light that is Evie, the light that is you, walking away from them. They want to see it coming towards them and staying with them.”

“I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down.”

“Break the spine of one of my books and I break yours.”

“Sticks and stones and fists CAN break your bones, but it's the words that break your heart.”