“ Don't look at me like that," said Ruza."Like what?""Like I'm a beautiful book you're about to open and plunder with your greedy mad eyes. Laini Taylor
“ There was only present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad. Laini Taylor
“ I was going to say the beginning is the good part, when it's all sparks and sparkles, before they are inevitably unmasked as assholes. Laini Taylor
“ Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one's soul so entangled in it that you can't let it go, even if you try. If you feel it--if you really feel it--then yo… Laini Taylor
“ He'd sooner die trying to hold the world on his shoulders than running away. Better always to run toward. And so he did. Laini Taylor
“ Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic. Laini Taylor
“ And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note. Laini Taylor
“ She'd spoken of their happiness as though it were an undeniable fact, no matter what happened--apart from everything else and not subject to it. It was a new idea for him, that happiness wasn't a myst… Laini Taylor
“ Happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won--some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them to find it--but something to carry doggedly with you through ever… Laini Taylor
“ Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat an… Laini Taylor
“ Anyone who takes on my sister," he had postured once, all puffed-out bravado, "will have to deal with ...my sister." And then he'd dived behind her and cowered. Laini Taylor
“ I know it's not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you're not the only one with troubles. Laini Taylor
“ I'm afraid they're in love," he said, concerned. "They don't want to leave you." He lifted one hand from her waist to gently brush a pair from her neck, where their wings fanned against her jaw. Melan… Laini Taylor
