Laura Kreitzer quotes:

To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant.

The truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh.

He holds her with the strength of a million-man army, but with all the tenderness of her heart lying naked in the palms of his hands."

A part of me sought the light in all the people I knew, but with the Shadows, it was like bringing them back from a subterfuge comma. Literally tearing the veil of blackness down and showing them the luminescence of light.

Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.

I think I found your vampire, Andrew said, except this time he wasn't so amused.However, Gabriella was, her smile huge as she laughed, the sound a trill in the densely packed cold air.You think this is funny? The words came out surly, but Andrew couldn't stop his lips from twitching over her amusement.I thought they'd be bigger, she said, stifling another round of gigglesAre you okay?Just a flesh wound.

I blinked at him just casually talking about my new sex life with his genie-shiny head, and I knew at any second I would break into hysterics.

Death was a leech; no matter which side of the spectrum you were on, either dead or alive, it fed. It either acquired your soul or devoured all your joyful emotions.