Maya > Books: young-adult‎ (33)

"All Obi-Wan wanted was to be a Jedi Knight, to go out into the galaxy and be an agent of goodness, of order, of the light."

"'...I was living in fear for so long. Afraid to fail, afraid to let others down, afraid of loss, afraid of even being afraid.'

'And you're not afraid now?'

'No, I still am. But I'm not letting it control me anymore.'"

“‘Your fear is good, Santha. It tells you that you are alive, and drives you to be cautious with that life. The danger you face is very real, but you have been chosen for a reason. Just like you and I were to meet, the path to your destiny is set before you.'”

“‘Let me tell you a little secret. Destiny. Fate. It is not a passageway—narrow, enclosed, predetermined with a destination irrevocably set—but rather, a field as far as the eye can see with any number of routes to take.'”

“Whatever was to come, she made a vow: never again would she let others pay the price for her own choices. No matter the cost to herself.”

"People no longer identified themselves by ethnicity. We were no longer Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or biracial. We had become a beautiful multiracial generation. A generation that came to be known as One World."

“Trouble was coming, looming on the horizon like a violent storm. And we were directly in its path.”

“There was no way that we would all come out of this alive. No matter what we did. No matter what scenario played out.”

“‘Every lifetime, no matter where in the universe you end up, you find each other. Every. Single. Time. Death is nothing but a minor inconvenience to the two of you.'”

"Trust the magic in you and know I will forever be in the shadow of its light."

"You are she, the one all of Croswald has been searching for. Waiting for, whether they knew it or not."

"You’re alive… You are Croswald’s only hope. This is your destiny."

"Welcome to the end of the world. The apocalypse. The end times. The closing credits. The last scene of a bad B-movie to which I'd been given a front row seat."

"I envied them, huddled together in a place they found comfort in, frozen in a loving embrace until they finally became dust."

"...the night sky was dark and moonless, splashed with thousands of twinkling lights and the fain smudges of faraway galaxies. Unhindered by light pollution, the magnificent spectacle of the universe spread out across the deep blue yonder, observed only by the few remaining humans inhabiting planet Earth."

"I hated that he was in so much pain, and I hated that, this time, I was the cause of it. I hated that I'd lacked the courage to leave my aunt's sooner. I hated that she'd stopped me every time I'd tried to leave. I hated knowing she'd clearly not been looking for other survivors all this time, for whatever reason. I hated my mother for leaving me. I hated Andrew. I hated the apocalypse."