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“A lot of people say stuff like that about tragedies only because they think they’re supposed to.” (Ten Thousand Skies Above You Quotes)
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Also, somehow, there doesn’t seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I’ll cheer for equality later.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“And I love you. In any world, any universe.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“But grief changes. It softens, adapts its shape to become a part of you. That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Fate and mathematics don’t only bring you back to the people you love. They can also bring you to the people you hate.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“His gray eyes met mine. “It doesn’t matter where I go. I’ll still be yours.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“How smug I was, telling Theo how hard we tried to do right by the other selves we visit. I’m so full of it. I took more than this Marguerite’s only night with the man she loved; I took away her choices.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I can tell he’s kissing me this desperately because he thinks it might be the last time. The way I’m kissing him should tell him it’s not. Not even close. Ten thousand skies, and a million worlds, and it still wouldn’t be enough for me to share with you. Nothing less than forever will do.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I don’t know why that moment was so special, but it was. That image is one of the first I remember every time I think of how I feel about him. It was like I loved him so much in that instant, like he was part of my blood and my bones.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I love you completely, don’t you see? I even want the worst part of you because it’s still a part of you.” I press one hand against his chest, as if it could send everything I feel straight into his heart. “I want you when it’s crazy, when it’s frightening, when it’s impossible, because there’s nothing within you that could hurt me half as much as not having you.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I think you feel more deeply than most people ever do; you just don’t know how to show it. You always feel—out of step. You’re not like the people around you, and they know it as well as you do. And you think it’s because something’s wrong with you, so you retreat deeper into the background. That just means people don’t get to know the real you. You’re lonely. You’ve been lonely so long I think you’ve forgotten there’s any other way to be.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I want you when it’s crazy, when it’s frightening, when it’s impossible, because there’s nothing within you that could hurt me half as much as not having you.” (Ten Thousand Skies Above You Quotes)
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“It’s hope that makes us believe in miracles that haven’t come to pass. Hope that crushes us with the unbearable truth.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“I’ve never understood how anybody could be in love with two people at the same time. Your heart can only sing one song at a time.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“My love of creativity is one of my constants, a pole star amid the many constellations of possibilities and personalities that make up all the people I could be.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“People talk about their heart being torn in two, but I always thought it was a metaphor, no more. But it really feels like that, like something precious at the core of me is being ripped into halves, neither of them complete.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“People tend to find their destiny, no matter what world they’re in.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Sometimes I look at you, and I think—if I didn’t know we shared a destiny, if I hadn’t seen the proof for myself, I’d never believe this was real. That you could love me as much as I love you.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Stop measuring yourself against us. It’s not the right scale. You have your own gifts, your own talents. Show the world everything you’re capable of, Marguerite. You don’t even see how amazing you are.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Ten thousand skies, and a million worlds, and it still wouldn’t be enough for me to share with you. Nothing less than forever will do.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“The first time I traveled to another dimension, I intend to take a life. Now I’m trying to save one.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“The multiverse is infinite. So, yeah, we go through some terrible things together, and I’ve seen versions of you who are darker, and damaged, and I don’t care. I want you even when you’re broken. I want you no matter what. Your darkness, your anger, whatever it is you fear inside yourself—it doesn’t matter. I love you completely, don’t you see? I even want the worst of you because it’s still a part of you.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Their intentions may be good, but their judgment isn’t.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“There is a strength within us that we can’t even comprehend until it’s called upon. We are, at our core, built to survive.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“This is bigger than math! You can’t just swap one of us out for another!”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Those moments make me feel like I’m melting – like we’re fusing together, ceasing to be two separate people, turning into one.” (Ten Thousand Skies Above You Quotes)
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Traveling through the worlds gives you perspective. It makes you value what you have.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“We’re brought together by a power greater than either of us. Something bigger than our own world.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“What most people call instinct in people is really the interpretation of small subconscious cues.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“When I traveled, and got lost within the other Paul Markovs—I always sensed the differences. The ways they thought and spoke and dreamed that I never would, or could.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
“Your dreams are as important as anyone else’s. Your future is as important as mine. I’m willing to make compromises, if that’s what it takes for us to remain together—but we shouldn’t compromise before we even start.”
Claudia Gray
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
