--- title: "9 Crossed Quotes By Ally Condie" description: "9 Crossed quotes by Ally Condie. Plus more from Ally Condie and more Crossed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/ally-condie-434_crossed_two-little-dark-figures-looking-up-are-t_1745756.jpg" --- > [“Two little dark figures, looking up. Are they looking at me? Is is him? This far away there's only one way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/two-little-dark-figures-looking-up-are-they-looking-at-me-is-is-him/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/ally-condie-434_crossed_two-little-dark-figures-looking-up-are-t_1745756.jpg) > [“If I could find one, I would cover the bark with her name the way I used to cover her hand with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/if-i-could-find-one-i-would-cover-the-bark-with-her-name-the-way-i/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_if-i-could-find-one-i-would-cover-the-ba_2345925.jpg) > [“The Society wants us to be afraid of dying. But I'm not. I'm only afraid of dying wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/the-society-wants-us-to-be-afraid-of-dying-but-i-m-not-i-m-only/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/ally-condie-434_afraid_the-society-wants-us-to-be-afraid-of-dyi_2440833.jpg) > [“I'll go over again and again until I've finally crossed to where he is”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-ll-go-over-again-and-again-until-i-ve-finally-crossed-to-where-he-is/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_i-ll-go-over-again-and-again-until-i-ve_1076168.jpg) > [“Good-byes are like this. You can’t always mark them well at the moment of separation—no matter how deep they cut. (Ky Markham)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/good-byes-are-like-this-you-can-t-always-mark-them-well-at-the-moment-2/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/ally-condie-434_crossed_good-byes-are-like-this-you-can-t-always_2746740.jpg) > [“Everyday the sun rolls by Across the sky and through night's door Every night the stars light high Above the Earth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/everyday-the-sun-rolls-by-across-the-sky-and-through-night-s-door/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/ally-condie-434_astronomy_everyday-the-sun-rolls-by-across-the-sky_1361622.jpg) > [“Cassia and I sit as near to each other as we can. She leans into me and I keep my arms around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/cassia-and-i-sit-as-near-to-each-other-as-we-can-she-leans-into-me/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/ally-condie-434_cassia_cassia-and-i-sit-as-near-to-each-other-a_3135916.jpg) > [“Love has different shades. Like the way I loved Cassia when I thought she'd never love me. The way I loved her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/love-has-different-shades-like-the-way-i-loved-cassia-when-i-thought/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/ally-condie-434_cassia_love-has-different-shades-like-the-way-i_1741684.jpg) > [“For a moment nothing happens. The figure stands still and I stand cold and alive and- He starts to run. I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/for-a-moment-nothing-happens-the-figure-stands-still-and-i-stand-cold/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/ally-condie-434_crossed_for-a-moment-nothing-happens-the-figure_2192221.jpg) ## More by Ally Condie > [“But I also know we can’t plan on anyone else rescuing us. We have to do it ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/but-i-also-know-we-can-t-plan-on-anyone-else-rescuing-us-we-have-to/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Ever since the day of the mistake with my Match. I've never known which life is my true one. Even with the reassurances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/ever-since-the-day-of-the-mistake-with-my-match-i-ve-never-known/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She knows how things fit together and move, but so few people understand her. She’s the most solitary person I’ve ever known.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-knows-how-things-fit-together-and-move-but-so-few-people/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“There are many of them in the world, I think, good men and women with their frail deeds. Wondering what might have been, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/there-are-many-of-them-in-the-world-i-think-good-men-and-women-with/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“You wouldn't think you can forget but sometimes you can—for a moment or two. I've never been able to decide if I think that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/you-wouldn-t-think-you-can-forget-but-sometimes-you-can-for-a-moment/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“It doesn't matter much anyway. I haven't slept well since he left. I can't dream. In some ways, that's the hardest part of having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-doesn-t-matter-much-anyway-i-haven-t-slept-well-since-he-left-i/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She's right. We would compose poems about love and tell stories that have been heard in some form before. But it would be our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-s-right-we-would-compose-poems-about-love-and-tell-stories-that/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“How we never, ever fight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/how-we-never-ever-fight/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Perhaps it is because now I live in his story. Now I am a part of his, and he of mine, and the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/perhaps-it-is-because-now-i-live-in-his-story-now-i-am-a-part-of-his/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Of course, one person can be the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/of-course-one-person-can-be-the-world/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I wonder if they'll be able to resist. It's not exactly easy to save things for the future when the present is so uncertain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-wonder-if-they-ll-be-able-to-resist-it-s-not-exactly-easy-to-save/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I think of how many invisible injuries are possible. Ones scored on your heart, your brain, your bones. How do we all stand? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-think-of-how-many-invisible-injuries-are-possible-ones-scored-on/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I see a glint in her eye as she looks at me and it makes me smile. Hold our breath? she seems to say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-see-a-glint-in-her-eye-as-she-looks-at-me-and-it-makes-me-smile/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“What is the point of having something lovely if you never share it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/what-is-the-point-of-having-something-lovely-if-you-never-share-it/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She’s trying to figure out the Plague on her own and not taking what the Rising says for granted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-s-trying-to-figure-out-the-plague-on-her-own-and-not-taking-what/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crossed/ally-condie/#itemlist", "name": "9 Crossed Quotes By Ally Condie", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Two little dark figures, looking up. 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The figure stands still and I stand cold and alive and- He starts to run. I make my way down the rocks, slipping, sliding, trying to get to the plain. I wish, I think, my feet clumsy, moving too fast, not fast enough, I wish i could run, I wish I'd written a whole poem, I wish I kept the compass- And then I reach the plain and wish for nothing but what I have. Ky. Running toward me. I have never seen him run like this, fast, free, strong, wild. He looks so beautiful, his body moves so right. He stops just close enough for me to see the blue of his eyes and forget the red on my hands and the green I wish I wore. \"You're here,\" he says, breathing hard and hungry. sweat and dirt cover his face, and he looks at me as though I'm the only thing he ever needed to see. I open my mouth to say yes. But I only have time to breathe in before he closes the last of the distance. 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