Happily Ever After (The Selection, #0.4, 0.5, 2.5, 3.1, 3.5)

by Kiera Cass

Watching the abuse and worry he dealt with firsthand made me see how time and fear could shape a person into someone who is, by most accounts, evil.

“You’re the only person who really knows me. The only person I feel I truly know myself.” “Knowledge isn’t love,”

But what I liked the best was that, while the room giggled at her request, she didn’t duck her head or blush or think to ask for something else. She wanted what she wanted.

Even the way she didn’t like me drew me in, and I couldn’t help but smile.

And it made me curious if two people from two different worlds could grow up and be surprisingly the same.

But I’ve seen a lot of people let the bad around them make them hard or stubborn. In the end, they miss the chance to make their world better because they only see the worst in it.”

“We know you’re strong, but accepting help is its own kind of strength.”

Was I really going to keep doing this? Alienating the few people who genuinely made me feel like myself?

“Oh, darling, you didn’t need to get me anything. Every day with you is a gift.”