The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab

“Small places make for small lives. And some people are fine with that. They like knowing where to put their feet. But if you only walk in other people’s steps, you cannot make your own way. You cannot leave a mark.”

“Do you think a life has any value if one doesn’t leave some mark upon the world?”

“But isn’t it wonderful,” she says, “to be an idea?”

“How do you walk to the end of the world?” He looks up at her. “I wanted to hold on to every step.”