Allie Condie Quotes

Over the past couple of months, Chantel had become a pro at leading book discussions and inventing fun games and trivia questions that all related to that particular month's book selection. Although, last month's theme, dystopian and the book selection "Matched" by Allie Condie, had the retirement home director a little concerned when everyone wanted to stop taking their medications. Not... a good... thing! ~ JoJo Sutis

There are people who call themselves Archivists ... Back when the Hundred Committee made their selections, the Archivists knew the works that didn't get selected would become a commodity. so they saved some of them. The Archivists have illegal ports, ones they've built themselves, for storing things ... ~ Allie Condie

It takes much longer to climb then it does to fall ~ Allie Condie

It's okay, you know." The cocky smile appears. "You can call me your boyfriend. I'd actually like it."
"No, I don't want to tie you down like that." It's such a lie. I don't know why I always say the opposite of what I want. Of course I want him to be my boyfriend. I don't even want to think about anyone else having him.
"What would you say about being my girlfriend? That way, I'd be the one tying you down. And I'd be your boyfriend by default. ~ Allie Everhart

But suddenly I hope Xander's right. I hope part of me fell in love with Ky before anyone else told me to. ~ Ally Condie

I couldn't sleep all night,
worrying that I'd gotten you in trouble. I care about you. ~ Ally Condie

Hey you just caught my eye and I wanted to tell you that you are extremely beautiful your always beautiful that's why I love u ~ Allie Roberts

My father was never the Pilot, but he was one of the people standing in line. ~ Ally Condie

Most people can motivate themselves to do things simply by knowing that those things need to be done. But not me. For me, motivation is this horrible, scary game where I try to make myself do something while I actively avoid doing it. If I win, I have to do something I don't want to do. And if I lose, I'm one step closer to ruining my entire life. And I never know whether I'm going to win or lose until the last second. ~ Allie Brosh

The best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you can always remember where you came from, how hard walking could sometimes be. ~ Ally Condie

I like difficult. I like a challenge. And as soon I realized you were the only person in the world for me, I had no choice but to keep chasing you until you agreed to be with me. Even if it took years. And given how stubborn you are, I'm surprised it didn't take that long. ~ Allie Everhart

looked up, a frown on his face. "That was a necessity. Our wardrobe needed defending from all the girls hiding in it." Allie struggled to control her growing laughter. "Do tell, do you suffer many girls hiding in your furniture? ~ A.W. Exley

I know the Otherlands are to her what Ky is to me, the best, most beautiful place, not fully realized, but full of promise. ~ Ally Condie

Things happen whether you deserve them or not ~ Ally Condie

I keep telling myself that, and most of the time I believe it. ~ Ally Condie

Allie put her chin on his shoulder to look into the carton. He had great shoulders and Chinese food. At the moment, he was the perfect man. ~ Jennifer Crusie

One night," Ky says, "doesn't seem like much to ask."
I don't speak. He moves closer and I feel his cheek against mine and breathe in the scent of sage and pine, of old dust and fresh water and of him.
"For one night, can we just think of each other? Not the Society or the Rising or even our families?"
"No," I say.
"No what?" He tangles one of his hands in my hair, the other draws me closer still.
"No, I don't think we can," I say. "And no, it isn't too much to ask. ~ Ally Condie

Away from the Society, from Xander, from my family, from the life I knew. Away from the boy who led us here, from the light that creeps across this land, turning the sky blue and the stone red, the light that could get us killed. ~ Ally Condie

My heart will always fly his name. I won't go gentle. I'l find a way to soar like the angels in the stories and I will find him. ~ Ally Condie

What are they now? he asks. He widens his eyes a little, leans closer, lets me look as long and as deep as I want. ~ Ally Condie

Who am I to try to change things, to get greedy and want more? If our Society changes and things are different, who am I to tell the girl who would have enjoyed the safe protected life that now she has to have choice and danger because of me? ~ Ally Condie

All these years he's been so careful, but now he's willing to take a chance. Because he's found someone who wants to know. Someone he wants to tell. ~ Ally Condie

We liked our grandparents. We liked our uncle and our aunt. They had known our dad and our brother Ben. They had some of the same memories we did. Sometimes they even brought things up, like, "Remember when your dad went out in the kayak at Aspen Lake and he flipped over and we had to save him in our paddleboat?" and we would all start laughing because we had the same picture in our minds, my dad with his sunglasses dangling from one ear and his hair all wet. And they knew that Ben's favorite kind of ice cream wasn't ice cream at all, it was rainbow sherbet, and he always ate green first, and so when I saw it in my grandma's freezer once and I started crying they didn't even ask why and I think I saw my uncle Nick, my mom's brother, crying too. ~ Ally Condie

In the absence of real thunder, he's making his own. ~ Ally Condie

I am trapped in glass and I want to break out and breath deep but I´m too afraid that it will hurt. ~ Ally Condie

Packing all of your belongings into a U-Haul and then transporting them across several states is nearly as stressful and futile as trying to run away from lava in swim fins. ~ Allie Brosh

I wish that I did not have to tell him this lie, when he knows more of my truth than anyone else in the world. ~ Ally Condie

I stand there, thinking about this. How much has changed. How little we knew. ~ Ally Condie

If the bad stuff didn't exist, the good stuff wouldn't seem so incredibly good. ~ Allie Everhart

Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning. ~ Ally Condie

I never named anything I've written before
no reason to
since
it would all have the same title anyway
-for you-
but I would call this one
one night
that night
when we let the world be only you
and only me
we stood on it while it spun
green and blue and red
the music ended
but we
were still
singing ~ Ally Condie

He already missed her, even before he shut the front door behind him. ~ Allie Burke

Being with Ky, being with Xander -both things feel like standing in the light. Different types of light, but neither feels dark. ~ Ally Condie