Thrall

“You’re everything. Everything I never thought you were. Everything I ever hoped you were. Everything I want in this world. Everything that I can’t have.”

“It means you’re using me. You make me feel for you–you make me want you, Thorne. You’re protective and heroic, and occasionally, you convince me that maybe you care a little for me. And for some crazy reason, it feels good. But then, you remind me that I’m just a pawn in some secret game–some prince’s whore for one night. You’re using me, that’s all. I’m a fool to think I’m anything in your mind but a toy.”

“The outside world is not a fair or an even playing field. The sooner you all learn that, the better.”

“There’s a hole inside each of us that was always meant to be filled by love–a part that has never fully matured. Every one of us is an orphan in our way.”

“Tomorrow, everything will change–and none of us has a clue what our lives will look like on the other side.”

“You’re fucking mine, Shara, even if you don’t know it yet. You always have been.”

“But in the moment when my fingers met his skin, something happened between us…and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same again.”

“Because history, they say, has a way of repeating itself. Some believe it’s a knowledge of history that allows people to learn to overthrow those in power.”

“To go without contact for years on end is a test of fortitude. Humans were never meant to go without touch–but the Tethered have evolved to function without basic human needs.”

“ I think you have an incredibly high opinion of yourself, the way you assume every woman you meet wants you.”

“We are, all of us, shackled in our way.”

“I have never wanted anything like I want you–and that’s a big problem for both of us.”

“I have a feeling about you–and I think I know exactly where you should be placed when you get out of here. I’d hate to be proven wrong–so don’t let me down.”