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The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

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The Host Quotes

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Identity Quotes

Because Fords Deep Waters lived inside a human body, irritation was sometimes inescapable. (Prologue.2)

Love Quotes

Anger flashed through me, hot and wild. [...] In eight full lives, I'd never had an emotion touch me with such force. (2.76)

Foreignness and The Other Quotes

"The humans kill us happily whenever they have the ability to do so." (2.43)

Community Quotes

How can I not trust another human completely? We're family—both part of the brotherhood of extinction. (4.97)

Family Quotes

"I saw in your file that you have the potential for Motherhood. If you gave yourself to be a Mother, at least all that would not be entirely wasted." (7.88)

Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes

Because he was a soul, by nature he was all things good: compassionate, patient, honest, virtuous, and full of love. (Prologue.1)

Life, Consciousness, and Existence Quotes

"The human life span is much shorter than you're used to." (3.43)

Memory and the Past Quotes

This was not a memory. My body—she was thinking! Speaking to me! (1.26-1.27)

Prejudice Quotes

Humans were brutish and ungovernable. They had killed one another so frequently that murder had been an accepted part of life. (5.96)

Exile Quotes

I saw myself now at the bottom of a deep shaft or walled into a cramped tomb. (15.12)