It's not our talents that make us safe or dangerous, it's our choices.

— Josephine Angelini

I’ve always thought that was the lamest argument—that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty, so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world.

— Josephine Angelini

LILY FELL OUT OF THE SKY.

— Josephine Angelini

Love is willing to become to villain so that the one who you love can stay a hero.

— Josephine Angelini

Never say never,” he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. “The gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.

— Josephine Angelini

Only the ones who run are worth catching.

— Josephine Angelini

[she] believes our experiences and our worlds make us. I believe our choices make our experiences and our worlds.

— Josephine Angelini

She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

— Josephine Angelini

She decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.

— Josephine Angelini

She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.

— Josephine Angelini