All humans are made, in essence, of starstuff, and I…

“You see, that is why it is so easy to fool people with our illusions, Yue. In this world, illusions are usually much kinder…

— Zoë Marriott

“Real love is hard because it requires one to know and accept another person with all their faults.”

— Zoë Marriott

“I never knew my mother's name.”

— Zoë Marriott

“It's as if people -- normal people -- are made of silver. Shiny to start with, but tarnished by time, by ill-treatment. Luca... Luca…

— Zoë Marriott

“Our greatest warriors,' Terayama-san said, 'believe that they are already dead. They live as if their lives are over, and so fighting holds no…

— Zoë Marriott

“On my fourteenth birthday when the sakura was in full bloom, the men came to kill us.”

— Zoë Marriott

“I know what evil looks like under the surface. No matter how beautiful the exterior, how good the lies, I don’t fool myself, not…

— Zoë Marriott

“Trusting anyone can get you killed.”

— Zoë Marriott

“It may seem strange to you, but there are no such creatures in Athazie. There is an animal-a very large animal-that lives on the…

— Zoë Marriott

“No one knows me. Not anymore”

— Zoë Marriott

“Why does it hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt?”

— Zoë Marriott

“ Better naked and alive than decent and dead , I thought.”

— Zoë Marriott

“I truly believe that if you have more friends than books, you have too many friends. Or not enough books. Probably both.”

— Zoë Marriott

“Your heart is beating so fast,” he said softly, the words barely more than a whisper. “I can feel your blood humming under my…

— Zoë Marriott

“I’ve learned a lot about love over these last months. And part of what I’ve learned is that you have to want someone for…

— Zoë Marriott