Quotes From "The Host" By Stephenie Meyer

Eight full lives, ” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?”“ It's a strange universe, ” he murmured.“ It's not fair, ” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love—now, in this eleventh hour—and have to leave it? Was it fair that my soul and body couldn't reconcile? Was it fair that I had to love Melanie, too? Was it fair that Ian would suffer? He deserved happiness if anyone did. Itwasn't fair or right or even…sane. How could I do this to him?“ I love you, ” I whispered.“ Don't say that like you're saying goodbye.” But I had to. “I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become.” I worded it carefully, so that there would be no lie in my voice. “If I were a Dolphin or a Bear or a Flower, it wouldn't matter. I would always love you, always remember you. You will be my only partner. Stephenie Meyer

Um, " Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition."" But I feel better, " Jared answered, sullen. Doc smiled the tiniest smile. "Well, maybe a few more minutes of unconsciousness won't kill him. Stephenie Meyer

Strange world isn't it? Stephenie Meyer

Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step. Stephenie Meyer

Be happy that after living so many lives, I finally found something to die for Stephenie Meyer

Even in the most compassionate, humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own. Stephenie Meyer

Just because she isn't human, do you think that means she doesn't feel pain? Stephenie Meyer

After all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much. Stephenie Meyer

Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology Stephenie Meyer

So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance. Stephenie Meyer

How sad. How frightening. To be filled with so much hate that you could not even rejoice in the healing of a child... How did anyone ever come to that point? Stephenie Meyer

Storytelling was the most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone. Stephenie Meyer

Humans were always surprising me. Stephenie Meyer

This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached. Stephenie Meyer

My first language, the true language of the soul spoken only on our planet of origin, had no word for betrayal or traitor. Or even loyalty- because without the opposite, the concept had no meaning. Stephenie Meyer

I wanted myself. I wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed. Stephenie Meyer

Cerulean left. I wondered if she was from Flower Planet. Blue flowers were rare - one might take a name from that. Stephenie Meyer

If I got to pick anyone, anyone at all, to be stranded on a deserted planet with, it would be you, I always want to be with you. And not just... not just to talk to. When you touch me... I don't want you to stop. Stephenie Meyer

The ticking seconds pulled me toward the end. It was cold when he no longer held me. It got colder every step I took away from him. Just my imagination, of course. It was still summer here. It would always be summer here for me. Stephenie Meyer

Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale. Stephenie Meyer

Even if we all want you here, you don't belong until you decide you do. Stephenie Meyer

There wasn't in the beginning. It wasn't until your kind discovered what was happening that any resistance started. That seems to be the key–knowing what’s going to happen. Stephenie Meyer