I am Tessa Gray,” she said in a low, clear voice. “And I believe in the importance of stories.

Do not seek revenge and call it justice.

If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

You haven't broken his heart yet, have you?"
"No," Tessa said. Just torn my own in two. "I haven't broken his heart at all.

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.