53 Inspiring Quotes from The Selection (by Kiera Cass)

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The Selection Quotes

She couldn’t have been more than twelve years old. In her hands was a sign that said RED-HEADS RULE! with a little crown painted in the corner and tiny stars everywhere. I knew I was the only redhead in the competition, and I noticed that her hair and mine were very nearly the same shade.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


He wasn’t allowed to come with me there—my own rule for thislittle adventure.No more.Good-bye, Aspen.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I hit your thigh!”“Oh, please. A man doesn’t need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


The Swendish queen— whose name I couldn’t pronounce to save my life.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I guessed princesses-in-training didn’t wear pants.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Great. Now the queen thought I was a misfit, too.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Because even though you’re dating five other women, I think I’m cheating on you.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I hope you find someone you can’t live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it’s like to have to try and live without them.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Prince Maxon surveyed the room and found me. Our eye met for a moment, and he smiled.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I don’t think any girl in all of Illéa could have been smiling more than me.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I’ve met nearly every woman in this room, and I can’t think of one who would make a better friend. I’d be glad to have you stay.”My relief was inexpressible.”Do you think, ” Maxon asked, “That I could still call you ‘my dear’?” “Not a chance.” I whispered.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


We’ll when he lets his guard down he’s okay. Like when he just talks without checking his words or you catch him just looking at something like… He’s really looking for the beauty in it.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Listen to me, kitten. Win or lose, you’ll always be a princess to me.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


So here I was expecting at the very best a cordial welcome from the girls who were prepared to fight me to the death for someone I didn’t want. Instead I was embraced.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


You’re too beautiful for your own good. Once you leave, we’ll have to send some of the guards with you. You’ll never survive on your own, poor thing.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I love your hair!” Marlee gushed. “I wish I’d been born with red hair. It makes you look so alive. I hear that people with red hair have bed tempers. Is that true?Despite my rotten day, Marlee’s manner was so vivacious that my smile grew wider. “I don’t think so. I mean, I can have a bad temper at times, but my sister is a redhead, and she’s as sweet as can be.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I’m not so stupid as to believe that you’ve completely forgotten about your former boyfriend. I know you think there are others here more suited for me and this life, and I wouldn’t want you to rush into trying to be happy with any of this. I just… I just want to know if it’s possible…

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Your Majesty—Tugging my ear. Whenever.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


The picture of me just after I’d found out Aspen was saving up to marry me. I looked radiant, hopeful, beautiful. I looked like I was in love. And some idiot thought that love was for Prince Maxon.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I thought about the cameras following me in the terminal and pictured my family watching my entrance on TV. I hoped they’d be proud.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


She must have been debating staying in the line or forcing me to run home and change.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions…

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


The Selection was no longer something that was simply happening to me, but something I was actively a part of. I was an Elite.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I had to stop myself from laughing. Who needs help taking a pill?

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Yes, Maxon, ” I whispered. “It’s possible.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


It was over, and I knew that. But you don’t love someone for almost two years and then turn it off overnight…

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that’s what mothers did.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


He let out a sigh. With my head there against his chest, I could faintly make out the sound of his heart beating through his suit coat. It seemed to be rushing. His hand, gentle as ever, reached to cup my cheek. As I looked into his eyes, I felt that unnameable feeling that was growing between us. With his eyes, Maxon asked for something we’d both agree to wait on. I was glad he didn’t want to wait anymore. I gave him a tiny nod, and he bridged the small gap between us, kissing me with unimaginable tenderness.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Would you like me to let you go home to your love today?” he asked. It was obvious that my preference for someone else bothered him, but instead of choosing to ve angry, he showed compassion.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


America, I don’t think you can change history.” All the same, his expression looked hopeful.”Sure we can. Besides, who’d ever know about it but you and me?

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


If this were a simpler matter, I’d have eliminated everyone else by now. I know how I feel about you. Maybe it’s impulsive of me to think I could be so sure, but I’m certain I would be happy with you.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


– Just that. Your family must be very different from mine.- I’d say so. – I laughed. – For one, no one wears their tiaras to breakfast.- Maxon smiled. – More of a dinner thing at the Singer house?”- “Of course.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


No, I’m not choosing him or you. I’m choosing me.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Let her go!” That was a new voice, young but full of authority. … There was Prince Maxon….”Open the doors.””But-Your Majesty-“”Open the doors now and let her go. Now!

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Castes never meant that much to me.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I’ll be lucky if I can just find someone who’ll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I’ve already sent her home because I was relying on some sort of spark I didn’t feel? What if she’s waiting to leave me at the first sign of adversity? What if I don’t find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


And Carolina will be cheering on the beautiful daughter of Magda and Shalom Singer, the new Lady America Singer!

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


No wonder I’d never had any friends. I was shockingly bad at it.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


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.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Yeah, Mom, I’ll just keep telling the prince that he has absolutely no shot with me and offend him as often as I can. Great plan.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I was stunned into silence, the way I always was when he touched the sky places of my heart.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


P.S. May, don’t these strawberry tarts just make you want to cry?

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


If you don’t want me to be in love with you, you’re going to have to stop looking so lovely. First thing tomorrow I’m having your maids sew some potato sacks together for you.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I can’t help it.” I sighed. “One can never help being born into perfection.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


My shoes I got to pick. I chose worn-out red flats. I figured I should make it clear from the start that I wasn’t princess material.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don’t want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection


I let myself be sad. I let myself think of him.

— Kiera Cass, The Selection