...I crave a shawl." He was tense with anger but his hands remained gentle at her waist. He said, "I can make… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
War is all we've been taught, but there are other ways to live. We can find them, Akiva. We can invent them.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
There’s a long pause. But it’s not a bad pause, because Mik is looking at me like I’m the treasure from the… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
So, you wouldn't marry me." "Ridiculous question. I'm eighteen!" "Oh, it's an age thing?" He frowned. "You don't mean wild oats, do… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Some would assert that Providence was at work shaking out its pockets in Humanity's lap. Other would argue for that mindless choreographer,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm afraid they're in love," he said, concerned. "They don't want to leave you." He lifted one hand from her waist to… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The truth, she found, felt smooth, like a skipping stone in the palm of your hand. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Rapture cults had packed their suitcases and were massing together in great vigils, waiting for the end. "All bogus," she'd told Zuzana.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
But her name was Esmé. She was a girl with long, long, red, red hair. Her mother braided it. The flower shop… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Was there another life she was meant to be living? At times she felt a keen certainty that there was ― a… — 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
