Defy the Worlds Quotes

“This is what greed does to humans, Abel thinks. It makes them ignore the love they have in favor of what they can never attain.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“Abel is of course aware that Noemi doesn't love him, at least not in the same way he loves her. This, too, is irrelevant. As he understands it, love is not transactional; it is a thing freely given. The joy is in the giving.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“It's disturbing to be known so well by someone who means you harm.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“On Genesis, sometimes, I’d wonder what I would say to you if I ever saw you again, and I decided - it’s just, thank you. Thank you for loving me. At least I know someone did, just for once in my life.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“The freedom to choose is the freedom to fail.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“...Humans talk about ''moving on'' in ways that suggest the process should begin in weeks, if not days.
...Maybe human love is different. Maybe it's weak, as variable as the weather and so as ephemeral as a breeze.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“even on this dying planet, life fights for every inch.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds

“Humans frequently (and inaccurately) speak of mechs as 'cold-blodded,' unable to care. It seems to Abel that humans deserve the term far more. Mechs don't have the ability to care; humans do, yet often choose not to care at all.”
― Claudia Gray, Defy the Worlds