America And Maxon Quotes

#1. It turns out I'm terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem."
I smiled. "Have you really tried?"
He pretended to think about it. "Well, no. And don't expect me to start." -America and Maxon

Kiera Cass

#2. Oh, yes. She's still here," Maxon said, not letting his eyes wander from Gavril's face. "And I plan on keeping her here for quite a while.

Kiera Cass

#3. He gave a dark chuckle. "But you're not, so you had absolutely no qualms about kneeing me in the groin, right?"
"I hit your thigh!"
"Oh, please. A man doesn't need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh," he replied, his voice full of skepticism.

Kiera Cass

#4. No, I'm not choosing him or you. I'm choosing me.

Kiera Cass

#5. A lot of things are yours, America

Kiera Cass

#6. Is this a good time to pat your shoulder?

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#8. America: You didn't have to do that.
Maxon: I know. But sometimes it's about what you want to do, not what you have to.

Kiera Cass

#9. 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

#10. I can't help it." I sighed. "One can never help being born into perfection.

Kiera Cass

#11. Maxon smiled effortlessly. "America Singer," he announced, "my closest friend." "That's right." I rolled my eyes.

Kiera Cass

#12. Your Majesty -
Tugging my ear. Whenever.

Kiera Cass

#13. But no one wants that anymore. People want a choice." Maxon shook his head. "You're terrifying to him, but he can't expel you. They adore you, America.
I swallowed. "Adore?"
He nodded. "And ... I feel similarly. So, no matter what he says or does, don't lose faith, this isn't over.

Kiera Cass

#14. I wanted to be his dear, his darling.

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#16. It's hard to get a hug wrong.

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#18. 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

#19. 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

#20. Should I get more butter?"
"Shut up, Eadlyn,

Kiera Cass

#21. I couldn't help but
notice it was always this way. At state events or important dinners, Mom was beside Dad or situated
right behind him. But when they were just husband and wife - not king and queen - he followed her
everywhere.

Kiera Cass

#22. 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

#23. He wasn't my boyfriend, he wasn't me husband, and he wasn't my friend. He was family.

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#25. And for you to be my wife is all I want in the world. I love you. I was afraid to admit it for a long time, but I know it now.

Kiera Cass

#26. Something about being that close to him all the time made my bones feel weak.

Kiera Cass

#27. I wanted everything from and everything for him, because I wanted every piece of him.

Kiera Cass

#28. Maxon: "To be clear, no one agrees with you."
America: "To be clear, I don't care.

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#30. You know how your mother and I met," Dad began.
I rolled my eyes. "Everyone does. You two are practically a fairy tale.

Kiera Cass

#31. I hit your thigh!"
"Oh, please. A man doesn't need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.

Kiera Cass

#32. Thank you," he whispered. "At least I can know for certain that, for one brief moment of our time together, you and I felt the same thing.

Kiera Cass

#33. I got through breakfast and most of a meeting before thoughts of you consumed me. I told everyone I was sick and am now hiding in my room, writing to you, hoping this will make me feel like your home again.
-Maxon

Kiera Cass

#34. The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.

Kiera Cass

#35. [But] I have come across anything so painfully beautiful as that kiss. I wish it was something I could save and share with the world so I could tell the universe: this is what it's like; this is how it feels when you fall.

Kiera Cass

#36. He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.
I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.

Kiera Cass

#37. Yes, Maxon," I whispered. "It's possible.

Kiera Cass

#38. - 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

#39. You've changed me forever. And I'll never forget you.

Kiera Cass

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

Kiera Cass

#41. I looked at his face, unsure of how many more of his smiles I'd have.

Kiera Cass

#42. I want it to be as easy as breathing for you to say yes.

Kiera Cass

#43. If this were a simple 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. -Prince Maxon, The Selection

Kiera Cass

#44. 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

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

Kiera Cass

#46. 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

#47. I always wondered if they'd change you.

Kiera Cass

#48. I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.

Kiera Cass