I wanted Cassia to choose me. In some ways, our being…

“In some ways, our being Matched is the biggest strike against me. How was she supposed to love me when the Society said she…

— Ally Condie

“I came up on the screen, too, Cassia. But he was the one you chose to see.”

— Ally Condie

“She bends down to kiss him, and his trembling hand reaches for hers, but he can't move it far enough yet. So I lift…

— Ally Condie

“Then Xander whispers, "Cassia... if we could choose, would you ever have chosen me?”

— Ally Condie

If we created a society based on love, it would be a society without exploitation.

— Boots Riley

“And I'll tell her that I don't want my life to be samples and scraps. A taste of everything but a meal of nothing.”

— Ally Condie

“But if you were Matched," I say softly, "what do you think she'd be life?" "You," he says, almost before I've finished. "You." We…

— Ally Condie

“So in the middle of all the noise, I point to the sky. I hope he understands what I mean, because I mean so…

— Ally Condie

“If I could find one, I would cover the bark with her name the way I used to cover her hand with mine on…

— Ally Condie

“If they feel something, they fight. If you were in a place with no pain, why would you want to come back?”

— Ally Condie

“In a story, you can turn to the front and being again and everyone lives once more.”

— Ally Condie

“El militar sonríe. La Sociedad no es humana, pero las personas que trabajan para ella a veces lo son.”

— Ally Condie

“I'll go over again and again until I've finally crossed to where he is”

— Ally Condie

“Sé que querías decirme que siempre me recordarías, Cassia, pero tengo miedo de que me olvides.”

— Ally Condie

“And out of nowhere, I think: So this is how it feels to stand at the edge of a canyon.”

— Ally Condie