Ally Condie Quotes

• It gets harder and steeper, but not impossible.

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• They both have in common their conviction that they are still learning, still growing, when in fact they have long ago lost that ability.

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• I keep telling myself that, and most of the time I believe it.

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• No one has the need to know anything about me.

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• You can take it but it will always be mine.

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• Earth is a giant stone, rolling and turning through the sky. And we’re all on it together. I do believe that.

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• You can’t kill anything that’s always moving and changing.

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• Parents are always giving things that are not taken.

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• Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.

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• The Society wants us to be afraid of dying. But I’m not. I’m only afraid of dying wrong.

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• There’s got to be some light in a corner somewhere.

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• Some things will remain valuable no matter who is in charge.

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• The earth reflects the sky and the sky meets the earth and, every now and then, if we’re lucky, we have a moment to see how small we are.

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• Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.

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• It’s strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.

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• The Society music plays around and over us, but our thoughts are our own.

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• I imagine giving someone such a gift and then having it returned. Parents are always giving things that are not taken.

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• Dreams don’t smell or sound as strong as this.

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• You are strong enough to go without.

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• Death will not take the people I love. Our journey will end differently.

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Ally Condie (70)

Birth:	1971
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Novelist, Teacher

About

Ally Condie is an American novelist. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Matched which was published by Dutton on November 30, 2010. It is the first book of a trilogy, followed by Crossed, published on November 1, 2011, and Reached, published on November 13, 2012.  Ally Condie is a former high school English teacher who lives with her husband, three sons and one daughter outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. She loves reading, running, eating, and listening to her husband play guitar.

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