100 Quotes About Dystopian

You matter. Suzanne Young

They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed those strong enough to fight back and locked up the freaks who failed to live up to their utopian expectations. Tahereh Mafi

Hello, dinner. It’s me, I’m starving. And I know where you live. Lauren Hammond

May your song guide you home. Sophia Elaine Hanson

I laughed under my breath, and it sounded bitter. “Listen to me. What am I talking about, worth it? Is any experience or bit of beauty worth the cost of my life? I know nothing but safety and self-preservation at all costs.”“ And yet, ” he said softly, “you’re risking everything to help me. Kate Avery Ellison

The bleached ceilings, walls, and floors gleam in perfection. Drained of color, wiped of contamination, forever untainted they exist; a cold reminder of my purity. Celeste Simone

Trust no one, " said Sullivan, "especially Teachers. A.J. Arias

I stare into the ruggedly handsome face, the eyes alight with a vast intelligence and that eerie, unearthly power. He's beautiful, so haunted with power it takes me a second to realize exactly what position Nolan Storm has put me in, and by extension, my family. L.E. Sterling

He places a hand on either side of the bar, locking me in. 'And why won't you admit it?' he asks. I'm so startled by his new, gentler tone that I hazard a glance. My breath catches in my throat. Jared's eyes have changed to that sumptuous green, huge and mesmerizing, the pupils dilating like a cat's. I can't see to look away as he inches forward, until he's standing all but a hair's breadth away from me. L.E. Sterling

Frown deepening, Jared bounces a hand off the chair arm. 'You know you're different, Princess. And it's not just because you're some fancy, spoiled rich girl. Hell, you don't smell like anyone else. Money can't buy that smell.' I assume he wasn't talking about my expensive perfume, which money did in fact buy. L.E. Sterling

He licks his lips as his head tilts down toward me. My body goes wild. Frissons of electricity travel up and down my spine as the True Born leans down. His voice is silk in my ear. 'You're not with your parents now. No restrictions. How does that make you feel? L.E. Sterling

What's a Laster? A dead man. L.E. Sterling

Even the best laid plans turn to hell when exposed to reality Unknown

What if the Devil doesn't know he's the Devil? Cathrine Goldstein

She would rather remain silent, but her voice is no longer something to fear. It’s strong. Powerful. A weapon of emotions. Laura Kreitzer

I found him between a reality and a nightmare. Shannon A. Thompson

Human beings are born of blood, bound by gravity, eventually to perish... fallible by design... destined. Neil Charles

Freedom is a state of mind. Sophia Elaine Hanson

It hurts, ” Summer cries, head shaking back and forth. “Please, make it stop.” Sweat beads on her forehead.“ What hurts?” Cameron asks.“ My eyes.” Summer’s eyes open. Everyone gasps. They’re no longer blue; they appear bionic, like a circuit board’s inside her eyes. Panicked now, Summer reaches for her face. “What is it? What’s wrong? Laura Kreitzer

I knew that feeling, the sense of panic that stretched time, turning seconds into years, and the deep pain that came from being hurt by not one person but many, a gang of bullies that expanded into a neighborhood and then into a community, until you questioned the whole world. And your last thought, as you stretch your arm until your fingers are inches from that lifeline, is how if you survive, you'll find a way to help fix what was broken, so you can say that yes, you want to be part of the world again. Lissa Price

Home, home - a few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by a man, by a periodically teeming woman, by rabble of boys and girls of all ages. No air, no space; an understerilized prison; darkness, disease and smells. Aldous Huxley

You talk as if a god had made the Machine, " cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, but men. The Machine is much, but not everything. E.m. Forster

You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension. Nikola Tesla

My dad had always said to not trust something unless it’s taken a tumble in the dirt. He’d meant it for people, and for things. Shiny and new didn’t exist for humankind any more. Katherine McIntyre

If you don't know a name, you can't be hurt when they go. I have no friends anymore, all are lost. Patricia Hamill

Remember what I said when I led to Omar and the queen?" I bobbed my head, unable to look away from his jewel-like eyed, shining in the darkness...so much like Chorda's. "That was the lie. Good-bye, Lane, " he said and then crept into the darkness. Kat Falls

The most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice. Dan Wells

Isolation was the final blow. Scattering their unity like a body chopped into seven. Life cannot prevail in each piece; it can only survive as one. With every new grenade that the Institute lobbed, the body of hope died a little bit more. S.W. Lothian

I can taste the good-bye on his lips. Marie Lu

I knew I was not alone. They would never leave until ever last one of us was gone. Aj Eversley

But just being whatever it is that I am .. . I don’t think that makes me a monster. Believe me, I know. ere are plenty of real monsters walking around out there in the world. ey look respectable, but can’t hide who they are from me. Real monsters hurt people for pleasure, or for no reason at all–they’re just not as well armed as I am. Michael Selden

I know you’re scared. I’m scared too, all of the time. But I have been running for the last six years and I can’t run anymore. Our world is falling apart. We aren’t living, not really. We are just… surviving. Jennifer Wilson

By your eighteenth birthday you're supposed to know. They're supposed to tell you. Splicer. True Born. Laster. L.E. Sterling

Let your life be a song. Let music be the background of whatever human things you will do for this blazing, spinning planet, and never let go of the good, never let go of the kindness. Logan Keys

Those eyes, they were my own kind of madness Logan Keys

A man of peace is guided by peace, but when that peace is threatened, he has a choice to either kneel down and die silently as it falls into chaos, or fight for it and not look back. ~ Ryan Mark, Author Ryan Mark

Zane looks pensive, and then his lips twitch. “They say most girls end up marrying a guy just like their dad.”“ Oh God … That’s so lame, ” I say, spluttering as coffee dribbles down my chin. “I believe it’s a tried and tested theory, ” he says, standing up and wiping my chin with the back of his hand. I jolt at his touch.“ Now it’s a theory? I thought it was a saying? Next you’ll be telling me it’s a fact.” I flop back down on the couch.“ Empirical evidence shows that sixty-eight percent of girls marry a guy who displays similar personality traits to her father ..” His voice trails off as I shake my head. “What?” he asks, his palms open and raised.“ You really need to get out more. Where’d you glean that interesting nugget? The desperate men’s journal perhaps? . Siobhan Davis

For the first time, with complete clarity and absolute conviction, I know I love him entirely with all that I have, everything I am, and who I’m going to be. Of course, I’ve told him before, but not like this, not with the fierce swelling of love and fervent determination that I feel ebbing and flowing inside me, as vital as the air I breathe. Before–when I said it–it was borne out of immaturity, or necessity, or maybe just plain old lust. Now I radiate with the veracity of my love and this newfound truth that we really are meant to be. . Siobhan Davis

Well, as I see it, the only way to win is to play the game and beat everyone at it. And I mean, who’s to say you can’t make your own rules?” I say.“ Spoken like a true outlaw, ” Nicholas retorts. I smirk, a little guiltily. “I suppose. Thank goodness you went along with it. Anyone else would have refused to register me or left me to Master Douglas.” Shivers go up my spine.“ Partners in crime.” I laugh at first, but then think about it. “That’s kind of sad.”“ Or exciting.” He stares at me for a moment. “Well, speaking as your registrar, you need to get some rest.”“ Are you ever going to let me have any fun?” I ask.“ Not until the sun stops shining.”“ Well, technically it goes down every night…” I say.“ Not in this country. E.J. Squires

Uncle Joe pulled the L.E.F. from his head and his side arm from his hip. “We don’t have five minutes. John A. Autero

A man without a footprint has no soul. John A. Autero

Uncle Joe pulled the L.E.F. from his head and his side arm from his hip.... “We don’t have five minutes. John A. Autero

He smiles at her before ever opening his eyes. The innocence in his face ensnares. Wraps her heart in a cocoon. They did this to him. The Society. Constructed that smile with malicious expectations. Now she must rip it off his face. Because she doesn’t deserve his love. Or Gage’s. This madness coils around her throat, darkening every inch of her soul. Laura Kreitzer

Every Forsaken in a mile radius can probably hear you. You’re just asking for trouble if you two don’t stop whipping out the measuring stick.”“ It’s his fault, ” Avery snaps, pointing at Julian.“Shut up, ya wanker.” They start in on each other again. They yell as if they both have megaphones to their mouths, standing inches apart. Each vulgar insult is more illogical than the last. . Laura Kreitzer

You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home. Amy A. Bartol

I love him, and he loves me. And being together makes even the little things better. Trisha Leigh

And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he's so close, he's so close and I can't feel my legs anymore. I can't feel my fingers or the cold or the emptiness of this room because all I feel is him, everywhere, filling everything and he whispers" Please." He says, "Please don't shoot me for this. Tahereh Mafi

What’s your name?” I ask again. “Chris, ” he says. “Chris Young.” I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes. “I can take you, ” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.” He almost smiles. “ Yes, ma’am. Summer Lane

I don’t know how it happened. Nobody does. There are only theories, empty rhetoric and doomsday prophecies. None of them are right, but none of them are completely wrong, either. They all have a grain of truth. All I know is where I was and what I was doing when it happened. Summer Lane

When you got captured, I didn't know.." He trailed off, had to chug whiskey before he could continue. "If it'd be like.."" What?"" Like it was with Clotile.""Oh, Jackson, no. I was okay. I'm unharmed."" Didn't know if I'd get there too late, " he said with a shudder. Then he crossed over to me, until we stood toe-to-toe. "Evie, if you ever get taken from me again, you better know that I'll be coming for you." He cupped my face with a bloodstained hand. "So you stay the hell alive! You don't do like Clotile, you doan take that way out. You and me can get through anything, just give me a chance."--his voice broke lower "just give me a chance to get to you." He buried his face in my hair, inhaling deeply. "There is nothing that can happen to you that we can't get past.".." When you say we..?" He pulled back, gazing down at me, his eyes blazing. "I'm goan to lay it all out there for you. Laugh in my face-- I don't care. But I'm goan to get this off my chest."" I won't laugh. I'm listening."" Evie, I've wanted you from the first time I saw you. Even when I hated you, I wanted you." He raked his fingers through his hair. "I got it bad, me." My heart felt like it'd stopped--so that I could hear him better." For as long as you've been looking down your nose at me, I've been craving you, an envie like I've never known."" I don't look down at you! I'm too busy looking up to you.".." The corners of his lips curled for an instant before he grew serious again. "You asked me if I had that phone with your pictures, if I'd looked at it. Damn right, I did! I saw you playing with a dog at the beach, and doing a crazy-ass flip off a high dive, and making faces for the camera. I learned about you"- his voice grew hoarse -"and I wanted more of you. To see you every day." With a humourless laugh, he admitted, "After the Flash, I was constantly sourcing ways to charge a goddamned phone--that would never make a call." I murmured, "I didn't know.. I couldn't be sure."" It's you for me, peekon. Kresley Cole

Evangeline, " he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it? Kresley Cole

But he doesn't see what's so great about leaving your mark on things. You have a life and then it ends and you're dead. Living it is the point, not proving to other people that you were there. The whole thing is really just water pouring down a plughole, but that's absolutely fine. Standing water gets stagnant. M. R. Carey

For the first time she realized she'd spent so much time mourning a world that had ended ages ago, hoping to resurrect it, that she'd never paid attention to what it was becoming. Or returning to again, now that it was unfettered. Where were the centaurs, she might have asked instead. Where were the gorgons, the furies, the giants and the gods? Brian Hodge

When the nurse leaves, Doctor Rose mouths, “Act like you’re in pain.” Then she mimics a painful expression in case Summer doesn’t understand. On the contrary, Summer’s an expert at interpreting body language and reading lips. It’s all thanks to her observant nature while enslaved on the Cosmos. Who else could tell that Peter’s discomfort is due to him wearing the same pair of underwear for a week straight? Ah, yes, she always knew when day six and seven approached. She watched the crew member with much amusement as he waddled, pulled wedgies, and scratched his bum relentlessly. Not that anyone else cared to know that little nugget of information. Laura Kreitzer

Let you alone! That's all very well, but how can I leave myself alone ? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? Ray Bradbury

There are ten abilities, but no one has more than one–except me. I’m different that way. I have…more.”“ You mean you have all ten.” I shrug my shoulders and nod. “And you say you’re different, huh?”“ I am. I’m the only one–at least the first one, ” I add, remembering what Sir Theo suggested about me being a more evolved species. A smile drifts to my mouth but fades when I notice Max staring at me with such disinterest that I become embarrassed.“ I see. So is it just you who likes to think you’re special or all the teens in your world?”“ What is that supposed to mean?”“ Forget it. I guess I’m just trying to figure you out. Quoleena Sbrocca

When my stomach grumbled, I filled up on hamburgers, hot dogs, gyros, tacos, jerk chicken, pizza, and a side salad because I was watching my figure Y.A. Marks

Oh, oh. My heart starts that quivering, fluttering thing it does whenever he hints at his desire for me. Lacing his fingers through mine, he moves to close the gap between us. I know he’s only holding my hand, but it’s the manner in which his fingers curl around mine, and the way his eyes bore into me that makes it seem much more intimate. Siobhan Davis

I won’t pressure you, Ari, but I’m not opposed to subtle acts of persuasion. Siobhan Davis

There’s a part of me that recognizes him on a cellular level, a part that seeks his comfort and solace, that feels more than comfortable in his arms. And when he stares at me with that deep penetrating gaze of his, my body reacts in all the right, and wrong, ways. Siobhan Davis

Heaviness coats my brain, and I’m surprised at the turn in our conversation; we’re getting into the deep stuff. “Right now, you and me? This feels like fate, if fate can be felt. Siobhan Davis

Complete. What an awful word for an infected people, that final, animal stage that was the future of all of them. Chels swallowed, unsure what to say. “That’s…sad. I didn’t even know he was infected.” Semesz whispered, “He was just infected yesterday. We saw him last night, and he already had mouse whiskers and a tail. Daniel Ausema

I've got my own toilet." -- Grace Harper Christine Amsden

I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time. Shannon A. Thompson

They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life Veronica Rossi

Be happy. Be free. You have a universe inside you. Sophia Elaine Hanson

Even if I did feel bad for Darian, I wouldn’t admit it. Siding with anyone who violates The Protectorate would make me Noncompliant. That would make me almost as corrupt as him. To side with those who violate The Protectorate is strictly forbidden and punishable by a week in the Terrorscape. Shannon Duffy

Nobody wants to be born a One. One’s have the shortest lifespan. They must turn themselves in to The Protectorate for termination at age twenty-five. If I were ever going to feel sympathy for Darian, it would be because of that. Knowing he’d die the youngest of all the citizens is probably what made Darian go mad. Shannon Duffy

Everyone has to die at some point, so the thought of passing on together while holding hands with my one true love has always sounded like an amazing fairy tale. It reminds me of the old Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, and of the powerful love they shared. Shannon Duffy

Without the Dreamscape, we can’t sleep. My parents remind me all the time about stories their parents told them, of how things were in the Manic Age. The time before our bodies were upgraded to sync with the amazing invention called the Dreamscape. Thirty-eight years ago, people actually had to fall asleep on their own and, sometimes, they would toss and turn for hours. My grandparents said when sleep, in its mercy, did come, it often brought with it horrible images I’ve heard people used to call nightmares. Shannon Duffy

Darian murdered them in cold blood. That’s a crime punishable with life in the Terrorscape, where you experience the worst nightmares imaginable. Shannon Duffy

He’s a lovely guy, but there’s no spark between us whatsoever. It just goes to show, that even with all their fancy assessment tools, the government can’t legislate for chemistry. Siobhan Davis

There comes a time when a man must forgo familiarity and venture into uncertainty; risking obscurity, but also quite possibly… finding meaning. Jerry J.C. Veit

The city is a plague… and I am the penicillin. Jerry J.C. Veit

Loyalty is the key to our survival. Without it, we are just like them. Tiana Dalichov

If you survive, you've got to live with the guilt, and that's more difficult than looking someone in the eye and pulling the trigger. Trust me. I've done both. Sara Grant

We have survived the death of our childhood. We are soldiers now, maybe the last soldiers who will ever fight, the Earth’s final and only hope, united as one in the spirit of vengeance. Rick Yancey

Terror builds inside him. The reality that tonight will be his last leaves a sour taste in his mouth. The Tainted will eat him, or on a more terrifying note–if that’s even possible–maybe turn him into one of them. He’d rather die. But first, he’ll take as many of those bastards out as he can. He throws his pack into the throng and jerks the blade from his belt. With a thudding heart, he slices through them. Blood arcs over him, onto him. Laura Kreitzer

Slowly, he lifts the flashlight. Her shorts are torn and frayed, her shirt ripped from chest to naval, exposing her black bra and dirty stomach. And then he raises the light so it reflects off her face, off the crimson tears streaming from the girl’s eyes. Her boney hands fly up to protect her face, and her head tilts sharply as she hisses. Laura Kreitzer

Sometimes it takes losing everything to see the truth in nothing, except love, honor, and death. N.J. Paige

The scars are just something that happened to me. They aren't me. Not anymore. Amy Engel

At the last moment, Kellan swerved around him, quickly leaving the zombie behind. “Why didn't you just hit him?” Jayden asked, turning to look behind us as we sped away. I did, too. The zombie spun around as he immediately started to follow us. “I didn't want to mess up my paint job, ” Kellan sarcastically replied as he turned on the street that would lead us to the store. “Plus, I just washed it. Rose Wynters

I put my hand next to his shoulder on the door frame, not touching, but real close. “Look, Blondie. I’m not asking you to bottom, just to fucking navigate. Rie Warren

For the first time I had the best of both worlds--a mission to live for and a man to love. Rie Warren

My latest battle had nothing to do with The Company, the rebels, or any other faction. It was out-and-out warfare between my head and my heart. Keeping it cool during daylight, versus nighttime, when I unleashed my passion for him.... Turned out the Wilderness was a lot more hostile than me. Rie Warren

So damn pigheaded. I’ve studied you, not to report you, Caspar, but because I want a relationship with you. Rie Warren

I’m wondering how long I have to deal with this bullshit before I can brief my troops. Oh, and I gotta feed my goldfish. Let’s get this straight, Blondie–”“Blondie?”“That’s an insult, not a pet name. Rie Warren

It doesn’t matter where I am, or who I’m with .. . God, Caspar. I’ve dreamed about being with you. Rie Warren

I’m thinking ahead, imagining what our lives together would be like once we’re free from this hell and allowed to live and let go. You know? Really let go of our pain and finally enjoy each other … you and me. Leslie Lee Sanders

A shame. As promising as a sky full'a rainbows but as useful as a bag'a dirt. Quoleena Sbrocca

Reunion will come. Atsuko Asano

The land will sink into the water, and then, the water will evaporate into the air, taking the sky with it. And all, but a tremor of what once was, will be gone. ~ Ichabod Everward, during the Fossil War. Ryan Mark

The land will sink into the water, and then, the water will evaporate into the air, taking the sky with it. And all, but a tremor of what once was, will be gone." ~ Ichabod Everward, during the Fossil War. Ryan Mark

There is no good or evil here, it all depends on what side you're standing. Nor is it about wrong or right, it's about surviving." Triven Unknown

If we keep punishing people for what their parents or their ancestors have done, the world as a whole can never move forward. Society will never grow.” -Triven Unknown

It feels so good to find out I mean everything to the person who means everything to me. Leslie Lee Sanders

I pushed my over-taxed muscles even harder. I could already hear the sound of the heavy wheels that moved the doors into place. And I knew I was not going to make it .. . J.C. Morrows