“He's such a gargantuan asshole. A giant, stupid orifice. A walking, talking cranny.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“...You are not just going to vanish like this, Karou. This isn't some goddamn Narnia book.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“He watched her with a hopeful, piercing scrutiny that made her tingle, she felt so...seen.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You are a conniving, deceitful hussy. I stand in awe." "You're sitting." "I sit in awe.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“She didn't need a Taser; she was more than capable of defending herself without electricity. She'd had an unusual education.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“..and when he let her go, it was as if she had been filled and didn't realize it until he pulled away… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“She experienced a queer collision of reactions these days. Karou's were foremost, and the most immediate, but Madrigal's were hers, too: her… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You can’t atone for taking one life by saving another. What good does that do the dead?” “The dead,” she said. “And… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“She smiled a little, and there was effortful lightness in her voice when she asked, "And how would you know what darkness… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You're doing so well." At being Thiago, she meant. "It's a little eerie." "Eerie," he repeated. "Convincing. A few times I almost… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Finding Akiva's door still closed, Liraz gave a chuff of derision and didn't knock but only crashed it open and glared at… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I...I sang," she whispered, "if that matters," and Karou felt her heart pulled to pieces. This Misbegotten warrior, fiercest of them all,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I kept thinking about that drawing in the war council, and our part in all of this. We cheat the bowl. We… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“In one of his darker moments, the irony started him laughing and he couldn't stop, and the sounds that came from him,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“But let's not be casual about this body, okay?" She nuzzled him back. "It may be your soul that I love, but… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“She'd spoken of their happiness as though it were an undeniable fact, no matter what happened--apart from everything else and not subject… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“We’re playing Three Wishes,” she told her friend. “Cake, hot bath, soft bed. How about you?” “World peace,” said Karou. Zuzana rolled… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Karou's glance flickered to where the corpse had been, which did not go unnoticed by Liraz. "You think I didn't learn?" the… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“It’s about Thiago,” she said, and he felt the cool touch of finality. Of course it was the Wolf. When he’d seen… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Word spread quickly: The visitor wished to address the scholars. 'What can he want?' they wondered, streaming into the Royal Theater. Attendance was voluntary,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn’t drive us mad.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“I love books. Not just for what they contain. I love them as objects too, as ever-present reminders of what they contain, and because… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“To the naked eye, he’s decent kissing height if I wear platforms, though of course a live test will be required before official certification… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
You almost hold up your piece of paper and say, ‘The girl I like just gave me a treasure map to herself.’ But you… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“...You are not just going to vanish like this, Karou. This isn't some goddamn Narnia book.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share
Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“She told Mik, "You have perfect violin-playing muscles." "And you, with your mighty puppeteer arms. We put the chimaera to shame." She stopped fanning… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
As far back as she could remember, a phantom life had mocked her with its impenetrable “something else,” but now it was the opposite.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“By the time the plan's wheels touched down on a desolate stretch of desert runway, the sun had cleared a ridge of mountains and… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
“It was hard to imagine feeling that magical tingling sensation in the pit of her belly anytime soon. Best not to worry about it,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something --… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
Everything lined up. It has been easy, as if it were meant-" "Meant!" she said, amazed. She spun to face him, which, in the… — Laini Taylor Copy Share
