11 quotes
"You never know how much time you'll have."
The Host (2008)
I was all alone in my head — exactly what I had once wanted. It made me feel lost.
The Host (2008)
"That's just great," someone said under his breath. "We've got a bloody queen mother alien living with us. She could blow into a million new buggers at any moment."
The Host (2008)
It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful."
The Host (2008)
"I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful."
The Host (2008)
"You. Are. Not. Leaving. Me." His eyes blazed — burning brighter than I had ever seen them, blue flames.
The Host (2008)
"It was a miracle — more than a miracle — when I found you, Melanie. Right now, if I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives."
The Host (2008)
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.
The Host (2008)
And it wasn't just ripping, but twisting and pulling in different directions. Because Melanie's heart broke, too, and it was a separate sensation, as if we'd grown another organ to compensate for our twin awarenesses. A double heart for a double mind. Twice the pain.
The Host (2008)
"It's a strange world," I murmured, more to myself than to the other native soul.
"The strangest," he agreed.
The Host (2008)
"I am female," I complained. "That 'it' business is really getting on my nerves." [...]
"By whose definition?"
"How about by yours? In my species, I am the one that bears young. Is that not female enough for you?"
The Host (2008)