Ally Condie
Ally Condie
Allyson Braithwaite Condie is an American writer of young-adult fiction, primarily under the name Ally Condie. She wrote the Matched trilogy, a science fiction dystopia, whose first book, Matched, was a New York Times Best Seller...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
fall ebb-and-flow leaving
There is ebb and flow. Leaving and coming. Flight and fall. Sing and silent. Reaching and reached.
thinking ifs
Do you think you could let someone go if you thought it was best for them?
reading situation
Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.
parent matter bigs
I can trust in my parents' love. And it strikes me that is a big thing to trust, a big thing to have had, no matter what else happens.
crush fall firsts
There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.
fighting roots people
When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.
world dystopia power-to-change
The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.
teens
Teens find out a lot from other teens.
dream simple everyday-things
Everything I dream is something simple and plain and everyday. That’s how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have
together use bones
If you let hope inside, it takes you over. It feeds on your insides and uses your bones to climb and grow. Eventually it becomes the thing that is your bones, that holds you together. Holds you up until you don't know how to live without it anymore. To pull it out of you would kill you entirely.
thinking remember
Remembering is part of thinking, but not all of it.
appreciate too-much overwhelmed
How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?
hurt glasses break-out
I am trapped in glass and I want to break out and breath deep but I´m too afraid that it will hurt.
spring real color
Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning.