Unleashed Quotes

“Things happen. Things that you think you'll never get over. But you do. You move on. It gets better with time. You forget. Forgive. Whatever. Life goes on and you go on with it.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“Just because we are carriers doesn't mean that we have to live without conscience. The minute we forget that, the minute it's every man for himself... then all is lost. We've become the monsters they say we are.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“Some of us are killers. It's in our blood... that ability. It doesn't mean we walk around killing withour conscience, but we're just... better equipped to do it. Some people don't have it in them, but we do. You'll feel a lot better once you accept that.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“No longer do I fear. No longer do I let others define me. I know what I am. What I'm capable of. That I'm a girl... a woman who will fight to survive.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“... I would have seen him. I know this deep in my gut where muscle meets bone and wraps tight. I wouldn't have been able to not look at him. And if I'd ever heard his voice, if he ever sang? I don't know if I could have stayed away. Good girl or not.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“We're just doing our best to live in this world, Davy." Sean's voice stretches into the fading dark. "We're not perfect, but we're not monsters, either. We're just human.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“You're like some wild bird, aren't you? Batting its wings and flying against the cage door. Even if it hurts you. Even if it kills you. You won't stop. Even if on one is out to hurt you, you wont stop." He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear, and I flinch at the brush of his fingers on my skin.

I shrug, slap at his hand "So what? You just described everyone in here. All of us."

"No, the rest of us will keep to this cage. It's protection from the dangers outside. In here, we have shelter. Freedom. Each other. We wait for the door to open, and when its safe, only then do we go out. You? You don't care as long as you're gone. Away from the rest of us.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed

“- ... And you keep them all locked in? These visiting carriers?
- They're always watched
- But not locked in? The honor is specific to me?
- You did try to brain me.”
― Sophie Jordan, Unleashed