Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Matched.
Choices Quotes
"He didn't want them to be able to bring him back. He wanted to choose what happened to him.""But you had a choice, too," I whisper, angry. "You didn't have to do it." (12.30-31)
Art & Culture Quotes
[…] they decided our culture was too cluttered. They created commissions to choose the hundred best of everything: Hundred Songs, Hundred Paintings […] the rest were eliminated. […] How can w...
Rules and Order Quotes
Following the rules, staying safe. Those are the things that matter. (12.34)
Courage Quotes
"I wouldn't take that tablet, Cassia. Not for a report. And perhaps not ever. You are strong enough to go without it." (10.100)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
For a moment, I think I should tell Xander everything. […] I should tell him about Ky's face on the screen. I should tell him about Ky in the woods, how he saw the poem. […] Instead, I shake my...
Family Quotes
Even coming here empty-handed would be better than disappointing Grandfather. (7.83)
Power Quotes
[…] our information intake is much more specific. Nutrition specialists don't need to know how to program air trains, for example, and programmers, in turn, don't need to know how to prepare food...
Society and Class Quotes
Aberrations live among us; they're not dangerous like Anomalies, who have to be separated from Society. Aberrations usually acquire their status due to an Infraction. (5.47)