One world on its own is a strange enough seethe of coiling, unknowable veins of intention and chance, but two? Where two… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Be your own place of safety, she told herself, straightening. No crossbar in the world could protect her from what lay ahead,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Dead souls dream only of death. Small dreams for small men. It is life that expands to fill worlds. Life is your… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
You have only to begin, Lir. Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can’t expect the world to be better than… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Soon, everything else would come rushing at him. Like the ground to a falling man, it would come rushing up and hit… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Thank you to the world for being a wild and inspiring place, full of odd creatures, strange people, and mysterious cities. I… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
It wasn’t like in the storybooks. No witches lurked at crossroads disguised as crones, waiting to reward travelers who shared their bread.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Karou saw them with her human eyes, this army she had rendered more monstrous than ever nature had, and she knew what… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorways to their world, and she was… — 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
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
I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Your soul sings to mine. My soul is yours, and it always will be, in any world. No matter what happens. I… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I miss sunrise even more. The green scent of dawn in the forest? The color blushing back into the world, different every… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Being near her was like balancing on a tipping world, trying to keep your footing as the ground wanted to roll you… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
She craved a presence beside her, solid. Fingertips light at the nape of her neck and a voice meeting hers in the… — 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
