The thing he wished for most was a thing he had never wished for at all, not until he had discovered her.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“It was not a happy ending but a happy middle--at last, after so many fraught beginnings.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“There was no more happiness. But under the misery, there was hope. That the name brimstone had given her was more than… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won--some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them… — 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
...they cupped their wings around their happiness and called it a world, though they both knew it was not a world, only… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“... the lovers ... dreamed of a world that was like a jewel box without a jewel - a paradise waiting for… — 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
“It was a new idea for him, that happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won, but something to carry… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“The happiness was there, ordinary equipment, stowed right alongside the worry and sorrow and resolve, and it didn’t solve anything, but it… — 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
