"The Host" Quotes
A woman's body becomes inhabited by an alien presence as she fights to maintain her own consciousness and identity in a world where humans and aliens are in conflict.
young adult | 620 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
The body's there, but the soul is already gone.
The end of all things is near, and I must face it with honor and courage.
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.
We can be tough, independent, and capable, and still be feminine.
The body was a good one, and it would accomplish much in its lifetime. But it was still the least important part of who I was.
I do not see what the point is of love, if you're not willing to stand up and fight for it.
I was almost overwhelmed by the sense of beauty around me and the intelligence within me.
The length of a life is not important. It's what you do with it that is.
They did not have to fear me, and they did not have to like me, but they needed me.
I was a soul, and I had a body.
