It wasn't about how she looked, which was pretty, even though she was always wearing the wrong clothes and those beat-up sneakers. It wasn't about what she said in class--usually something no one else would've thought of, and if they had, something they wouldn't have dared to say. Furthermore, it wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much I was just like the rest of them, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn't.

— Kami Garcia

It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

— Kami Garcia

I wanted to stay this way forever. Which, it turns out, was exactly five more minutes.

— Kami Garcia

I want you here. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. Without you, none of that matters to me.

— Kami Garcia

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

— Kami Garcia

Laws of physics laws of love of time and space and the (in)between place(in)between you and mean where we are lost and looking looking and lost

— Kami Garcia

Lena was going down the list of John's attributes in her mind, a list I was hoping wasn't too long. "He could see and hear and smell things I couldn't." Link inhaled deeply, then coughed. "Dude, you really need a shower.

— Kami Garcia

Let her have today. Leave tomorrow to the angels.

— Kami Garcia

Life without Ethan was something worse than a nightmare. It was real. So real that I refused to believe it.

— Kami Garcia

Link says if a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it’s jewelry.

— Kami Garcia