Claudia Gray Quotes

Every single world we've visited isn't just random—it's the result of countless choices, all of them combining to create a new reality. You and I have been given an infinity of chances, and that's so much more than mot people will ever get—but in the end we get to live in only one world, and that's the world we make. I want us to create that world together.

~ Claudia Gray

Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin.

~ Claudia Gray

Noemy says, “I guess it’s just the idea of love I miss. And, well, it was a good kiss.” Her smile turns rueful. “At least I got some practice.” A wonderful idea occurs to Abel. “Do you need more practice?” “Huh?” “We could practice, if you wanted.He smiles as he starts to explain.Remember what I told you on Genesis? I’m programmed with a wide array of techniques for providing physical pleasure, via every activity from kissing to the more arcane positions for sexual intercourse. Although I’ve never performed any of them before, I’m confident I could do so very skillfully.” She stares at him, eyes wide. Since she is swift to voice objections if she has them, Abel takes her silence as an encouraging sign. So he sits up on the bed to explain the further compelling reasons now coming to mind. “Humans need a certain amount of physical release and comfort in order to be psychologicallly healthy. You’ve been away from your family and friends for some time, and have endured considerable trauma, suggesting you are in even greater need than usual. I have all the information and technique necessary to be an excellent partner, my body is designed to be appealing, and of course I can neither carry disease nor impregnate you. We have total privacy and many hours of spare time. Conditions for intercourse would seem to be ideal.

~ Claudia Gray

For our kind, death is only the beginning.

~ Claudia Gray

…victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us.

~ Claudia Gray

Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive.

~ Claudia Gray

Also, somehow, there doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I'll cheer for equality later.

~ Claudia Gray

I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.”I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.

~ Claudia Gray

It was as if something snapped in two deep inside me. My parents-- the people I’d loved the most in the world, the ones I’d always told all my secrets to, the ones I’d wanted to hide with far away from the rest of the world. They had lied, and I couldn’t imagine why. It couldn’t possibly matter why.

~ Claudia Gray

Theo's already on his way. Paul might bee too, but communications have been down so long, I don't know.Heading out here with a storm like this coming in? That's madness. Dad sighs. Then again, jumping through dimensions to chase a dead man is madness too. I had long suspected their lunacy but this confirmation is nonetheless disquieting.See? Everything's going to be fine.

~ Claudia Gray

Sometimes we're loyal to more than one thing. When there's a conflict, we have to choose which loyalty to honor.

~ Claudia Gray

…one world’s poison might be another’s salvation

~ Claudia Gray

This could be our greatest nightmare. But maybe, intead this would be our only hope of salvation.

~ Claudia Gray

You don't even know what loyalty means.The hell I don't! Ciena, if I weren't loyal to you, would I be here?

~ Claudia Gray

But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

~ Claudia Gray

Silently he traces out a new constellation, one only he knows. One with Noemi at the very heart.

~ Claudia Gray

The sun is setting on the New Republic,” Leia said. “It's time for the Resistance to rise.

~ Claudia Gray

I fell in love with his unchanging soul.

~ Claudia Gray

This is the last time Abel lets the humans make the plans.

~ Claudia Gray

Abel. I can’t let you…sell your body.”“The transaction is closer to a rental.

~ Claudia Gray

Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.

~ Claudia Gray

The first rule of Evernight is that any vampire who seeks sanctuary must be given a place. -Charity

~ Claudia Gray

It's not the things you don't know that trip you up. It's the things you think you know, but you don't. You fail to ask a certain question because you believe you know the answer. Separating your information from your assumptions can be very tricky business.

~ Claudia Gray

I've loved Leia and Han since I was seven years old. Getting a chance to tell some of their adventures? Mind-blowing on every level. I wish I could go back in time and high-five my baby self.

~ Claudia Gray

I love the romance in Kimberly Derting's 'The Body Finder.' 'Cold Kiss' by Amy Garvey is unbelievably touching - and about so much more than just romantic love.

~ Claudia Gray