Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.) — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
...magic was ugly—-a hard bargain with the universe, a calculus of pain. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe in prayer, but I do believe in magic, and I want to believe in miracles.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“It isn't magic, just a focus for the will. A powerful will might not even need it" -Brimstone” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
...something was starting to take shape, out of magic and will. Smoke and bone. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Which is what one always hopes will happen: for life to take over and be bigger and more marvelous than what we… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“His shadow splayed out huge before him, and his mind gleamed with ancient wars and winged beings, a mountain of melted demon… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Get out of doors, Strange. Breathe air, see things. A man should have squint lines from looking at the horizon, not just… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Magic?" Akiva had asked. "What bird does this come from, that its bone are made of magic?" "Oh, it's not magic. The… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Magic won't save us. The power it would take to conjure on such a scale, the tithe would destroy us. The only… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting of ice crystals in the thin air. He let his… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“The door opened. She looked in the mirror and suppressed a curse. Slipping in behind some tourists, that winged shadow was back… — 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
