“with the staring lack of empathy that belongs to murderers and small children.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I hope, child, but I don't wish. There's a difference. Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Soldiers and children do as they're told. Children grow out of it, but soldiers just die.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The choice I mean is to protect our own innocents from the seraphim, instead of slaughtering theirs." "There are no innocent seraphim,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
As for Ellai, she told her sister what had passed, and Nitid wept, and her tears fell to earth and became chimaera,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Daughter of my heart,' was the message Brimstone sent just for Karou. She wanted to cry again right here in the court,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“In the legends, chimaera were sprung from tears and seraphim from blood, but in this moment they are, all of them, children… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you won’t punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like… — 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
I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupid—what’s it called?… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“That was what had finally broken through her blindness. Her father had saved his people and destroyed himself. As strong as he… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a new way of living—one without… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Eril-Fane let out a slow breath. “Were you afraid of the dark as a child?” A chill snaked up Lazlo’s spine. He… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You know how some people were absolutely never children, but just came from a catalog fully grown, while other people you don’t… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“How do you act like you've lost your soul?" Akiva asked. He meant it as a lighthearted question about a children's game,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, before chimaera and seraphim, there was the sun and the moons. The sun was betrothed to Nitid, the… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
She had said she didn’t feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Watching her, Brimstone added, 'I hope, child, but I don't wish. There's a difference.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“He didn’t think like other people. He didn’t dismiss magic out of hand, and he didn’t believe that fairy tales were just… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“None of us became monks to be nursemaids.” To which the child Lazlo replied, with fire in his soul, “And none of… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You see, in the Czech Republic, on December fifth, St. Nicholas goes around bringing candy and small gifts to children, accompanied by… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“He believed in magic, like a child, and in ghosts, like a peasant. His nose was broken by a falling volume of… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a new way of living—one without… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
You could look out the window today, see the sky raining fire, and say that it has all been for nothing, everything… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
It was a bold, wild life for a faerie - most never even left their forests - but she was a bold,… — 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
