Whatever happened, I'd met my person, the one my soul connected to.

Bravery hides in amazing places.

I remembered suddenly that Aspen had always been this way. He sacrificed sleep for me, he risked getting caught out after curfew for me, he scrounged together pennies for me. Aspen's generosity was harder to see because it wasn't as grand as Maxon's, but the heart behind what he gave was so much bigger.

Every day you say something or do something that challenges me, changes me.

You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even in the thing that is most perfect for you.

How had I lost so much in such a short period of time? It would seem like leaving your family, living in some foreign place, and being separated from the person you love should be events that take years to roll into place, not just a day.