“And I realize that I can never stay in these hollowed-out places in the earth for long before I have to come… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“I see a glint in her eye as she looks at me and it makes me smile. Hold our breath? she seems… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“The stars have come to the earth, and the ocean has turned over the ground; dark waves meet the sky.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Lightning. Once it has forked, hot-white, from sky to earth, there is no going back” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember where… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth so you always remember where… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“The earth reflects the sky and the sky meets the earth and, every now and then, if we’re lucky, we have a… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“The darkness behind doesn't worry me; neither do the stars ahead. I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Mountains, I realize. That's what the ocean is. Those waves are peaks. The stars are lights in houses and on streets. The… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“I love you." Lightning. Once it has forked, hot-white, from sky to earth, there is no going back. It's time. I feel… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Until now, I've never been able to see while I fly, and I feel a dizzying lightness as I look out at… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“I love you." lightning. Once it has forked, hot-white, from sky to earth, there is no going back. It's time. I feel… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“The best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you can always remember where you came from, how… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“But I also know we can’t plan on anyone else rescuing us. We have to do it ourselves.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“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… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“She knows how things fit together and move, but so few people understand her. She’s the most solitary person I’ve ever known.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“There are many of them in the world, I think, good men and women with their frail deeds. Wondering what might have been, how… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“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… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“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… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“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… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is because now I live in his story. Now I am a part of his, and he of mine, and the part… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“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.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“I think of how many invisible injuries are possible. Ones scored on your heart, your brain, your bones. How do we all stand? I… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
