Find quotes from this novel, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Memory and the Past Quotes
He looks wistful for a second. Pressia's jealous of the memory. (4.41)
Fear Quotes
Errant gunshots aren't unusual. But that doesn't stop her chest from tightening around her heart. (1.21)
Love Quotes
If he were in love, wouldn't his vision erase her flaws? Wouldn't he see only the best version of her? (4.84)
The Home Quotes
He misses the academy with relentless longing. He shouldn't want to be back in his dorm room […] but he does. (2.13)
Versions of Reality Quotes
She spent most of her childhood trying to remember things that never happened, the life her grandfather invented for her. (4.18)
Isolation Quotes
She can't stop from searching, no matter how irrational it is to believe she might one day find him. (1.4)
Mortality Quotes
She looks at Lyda as if maybe he'd like to die. Lyda can't understand it. (5.46)
Time Quotes
But hour after hour, minute after minute, footstep overhead after footstep […] the boredom becomes blinding. (2.3)