“Akiva felt the tilt of the world trying to tip him forward: to be nearer to her--nearer and touching--as though that were… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“It’s all I want, to be beside you, helping you. If it takes forever, all the better, if it’s forever with you.” — 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
“He watched her with a hopeful, piercing scrutiny that made her tingle, she felt so...seen.” — 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
“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
“There is the past, and there is the future,” he had said to his brothers and sisters not long ago. “The present… — 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
Infinities are not for casual exploration. You could fall and keep falling. You could get lost. — 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
“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
“Seventh bearer of the cursed name Akiva.” Here he paused, speculative. “No Misbegotten ever bore that name to manhood before you. Did… — 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
“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
“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 Image
“The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn’t drive us mad.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“...You are not just going to vanish like this, Karou. This isn't some goddamn Narnia book.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
