The Jewel Quotes

“Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“What is life without a bit of excitement.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Something had to be done. No one deserves this life. No one deserves to have their choices taken away.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I feel myself dissolve into a thousand molecules, amazed at how three small words can completely alter my state of being.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I think the last dinner was preferable to this one. At least Raven was there. And Lucien.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It’s my life. You can’t decide how I live it.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Once a small crack reveals itself, suddenly a hundred others appear. And then the walls that have been so carefully constructed begin to crumble.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I hate him. But I hate myself more, for being idiotic enough to believe that I could have that sort of happiness.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Doctors are idiots," ...."It's the surrogate that counts.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Title does not protect you from everything.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“In this place that takes little bits and pieces of us, you remind me of who I am.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I press my face against the wrought-iron bars on my window - they are arched and curl into the shape of roses, as i by making a pretty pattern, they can pretend they're something they're not.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Ash, do you honestly think that what they've made you do affects who you are? You are a good person, and don't ever let anyone make you feel differently.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Knowing that it would happen and experiencing it are two entirely different things.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“This is what I'm wearing. This is my favorite thing to wear, and since it's the last time I'll ever get to choose my own outfit, I'm choosing this, because I love it and it's mine. I don't care what I look like.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the world coming to life in a thousand colors. It's hopeful.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It seems like for every time the Jewel makes me angry or uneasy or sad, I discover something beautiful in it.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Maybe she knew it, and that's why she wasn't frightened at the end. "This is how it begins," she said. I wonder if she saw death as just another way to freedom.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Oh, love is handsome, love is charming
Love is beauty while it's new
But love grows old and love grows colder
And fades away like morning dew.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Wíj maken hun kinderen. Wíj hebben de macht. - De leeuwin”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“O, is de jacht op de surrogaten weer geopend?... Pas maar op, nieuw meisje. Dit jaar wordt ongetwijfeld gevaarlijk nu het om de hand van de lieve, kleine Exetor gaat. - Garnet”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Ik mag jou wel, met je interessante balans tussen gehoorzaamheid en minachting. - Hertogin”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Hoffnung ist ein kostbares Gut, nicht wahr? [...] Und doch wissen wir sie erst zu schätzen, wenn sie fort ist.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Zumindest werde ich unter demselben Himmel sein, wohin auch immer es mich verschlägt. Hazel und ich werden wenigstens auf dieselben Sterne schauen.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel