--- title: "21 Matched Quotes By Ally Condie" description: "21 Matched quotes by Ally Condie. Plus more from Ally Condie and more Matched sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/ally-condie-434_ky-markham_when-it-rains-i-remember-2391788_2391788.jpg" --- > [“When it rains, I remember”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/when-it-rains-i-remember/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/ally-condie-434_ky-markham_when-it-rains-i-remember-2391788_2391788.jpg) > [“Even if Xander gets his vocation first, we’re still Matched,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-we-re-still-matched/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/ally-condie-434_career_even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-w_761593.jpg) > [Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story-the-same-thing-as-falling-in/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ally-condie-434_fall_is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story_737803.jpg) > [“I came up on the screen, too, Cassia. But he was the one you chose to see.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-came-up-on-the-screen-too-cassia-but-he-was-the-one-you-chose-to-see/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_i-came-up-on-the-screen-too-cassia-but-h_2698193.jpg) > [“I wanted Cassia to choose me. In some ways, our being Matched is the biggest strike against me. How was she supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-wanted-cassia-to-choose-me-in-some-ways-our-being-matched-is-the/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_i-wanted-cassia-to-choose-me-in-some-way_2976042.jpg) > [“close your eyes,"I say to Ky, and i bend down, his breathing above me while he waits. "There", I say and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/close-your-eyes-i-say-to-ky-and-i-bend-down-his-breathing-above-me/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/ally-condie-434_close-your-eyes_close-your-eyes-i-say-to-ky-and-i-bend-d_1350956.jpg) > [“For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives(Cassia 'Reached')”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/for-we-are-all-walking-each-other-to-our-deaths-and-the-journey/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/ally-condie-434_ally-condie-crossed_for-we-are-all-walking-each-other-to-our_2446638.jpg) > [“Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.” ― Ally Condie, Matched”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/every-minute-you-spend-with-someone-gives-them-a-part-of-your-life-2/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/ally-condie-434_ally_every-minute-you-spend-with-someone-give_2912918.jpg) > [Everything I dream is something simple and plain and everyday. That’s how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/everything-i-dream-is-something-simple-and-plain-and-everyday-that-s/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/ally-condie-434_dream_everything-i-dream-is-something-simple-a_727012.jpg) > [“In some ways, our being Matched is the biggest strike against me. How was she supposed to love me when the Society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/in-some-ways-our-being-matched-is-the-biggest-strike-against-me-how/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/ally-condie-434_quote_in-some-ways-our-being-matched-is-the-bi_1900694.jpg) > [“But if you were Matched," I say softly, "What do you think she'd be like?" "You," he says, almost before I've finished.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/but-if-you-were-matched-i-say-softly-what-do-you-think-she-d-be-like/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/ally-condie-434_beautiful_but-if-you-were-matched-i-say-softly-wha_812041.jpg) > [“Ever minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs" -Cassia, 'Matched”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/ever-minute-you-spend-with-someone-gives-them-a-part-of-your-life-and/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/ally-condie-434_life_ever-minute-you-spend-with-someone-gives_109380.jpg) > [“at first when the rain fell from the sky so wide and deep it smelled like sage, my favorite smell I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/at-first-when-the-rain-fell-from-the-sky-so-wide-and-deep-it-smelled/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/ally-condie-434_ky_at-first-when-the-rain-fell-from-the-sky_337623.jpg) > [“But I didn't see it. I believed him unchanging, a stone in all good senses of the word, solid, dependable, something and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/but-i-didn-t-see-it-i-believed-him-unchanging-a-stone-in-all-good/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/ally-condie-434_cassia_but-i-didn-t-see-it-i-believed-him-uncha_2070137.jpg) > [“But if you were Matched," I say softly, "what do you think she'd be life?" "You," he says, almost before I've finished.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/but-if-you-were-matched-i-say-softly-what-do-you-think-she-d-be-life/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_but-if-you-were-matched-i-say-softly-wha_414889.jpg) > [“So many times in my life I’ve felt as though looking at Em is like seeing another variation of myself, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/so-many-times-in-my-life-i-ve-felt-as-though-looking-at-em-is-like/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/ally-condie-434_friendship_so-many-times-in-my-life-i-ve-felt-as-th_1828666.jpg) > [“So in the middle of all the noise, I point to the sky. I hope he understands what I mean, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/so-in-the-middle-of-all-the-noise-i-point-to-the-sky-i-hope-he-2/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_so-in-the-middle-of-all-the-noise-i-poin_2395821.jpg) > [“It is almost uncomfortable, this awareness of him. Each pause, each movement when he places a piece on the black and gray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-is-almost-uncomfortable-this-awareness-of-him-each-pause-each/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ally-condie-434_cassia-reyes_it-is-almost-uncomfortable-this-awarenes_2760362.jpg) > [“Lying in bed, my body and soul bruised and tired, I realize that the Officials are right. Once you want something, everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/lying-in-bed-my-body-and-soul-bruised-and-tired-i-realize-that-the/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/ally-condie-434_matched_lying-in-bed-my-body-and-soul-bruised-an_1678384.jpg) > [“Xander is my Match and my oldest friend and one of the best people I know. When I kissed him, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/xander-is-my-match-and-my-oldest-friend-and-one-of-the-best-people-i/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/ally-condie-434_cassia-reyes_xander-is-my-match-and-my-oldest-friend_681736.jpg) > [“And I'll tell her that I don't want my life to be samples and scraps. A taste of everything but a meal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/and-i-ll-tell-her-that-i-don-t-want-my-life-to-be-samples-and-scraps/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/ally-condie-434_ally-condie_and-i-ll-tell-her-that-i-don-t-want-my-l_1409459.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/matched/ally-condie/#itemlist", "name": "21 Matched Quotes By Ally Condie", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When it rains, I remember”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Condie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/when-it-rains-i-remember/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/ally-condie-434_ky-markham_when-it-rains-i-remember-2391788_2391788.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/ally-condie-434_ky-markham_when-it-rains-i-remember-2391788_2391788.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/ally-condie-434_ky-markham_when-it-rains-i-remember-2391788_2391788.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When it rains, I remember” — Ally Condie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even if Xander gets his vocation first, we’re still Matched,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Condie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-we-re-still-matched/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/ally-condie-434_career_even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-w_761593.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/ally-condie-434_career_even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-w_761593.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/ally-condie-434_career_even-if-xander-gets-his-vocation-first-w_761593.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even if Xander gets his vocation first, we’re still Matched,” — Ally Condie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Condie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story-the-same-thing-as-falling-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ally-condie-434_fall_is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story_737803.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ally-condie-434_fall_is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story_737803.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ally-condie-434_fall_is-falling-in-love-with-someone-s-story_737803.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?” — Ally Condie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I came up on the screen, too, Cassia. 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