Quote by Ally Condie Download Open image ““Do not pretend one place is like another or look for similarities. Only look for what is.”” — Ally Condie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“One's destination is never a place, rather a new way of looking at things.” — Henry Valentine Miller Copy Share Image
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“But when we are searching for an example of what we no longer have, we see it everywhere.” — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“Enjoy what you have, every little detail of wherever you are. Don´t focus on where you aren´t.” — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
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“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 wonder. What is is that keeps us moving?” — Ally Condie Copy Share
