“...You are not just going to vanish like this, Karou. This isn't some goddamn Narnia book.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Scientist and smart fellow learner-of-stuff, want to do samurai-monster training with us? We intend to become dangerous.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“You are a conniving, deceitful hussy. I stand in awe." "You're sitting." "I sit in awe.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“All of this cuteness, it was one of nature's great bait and switches, because... that wasn't all there was to Zuzana Nováková.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“When he started to renew his protest, she held up a hand. "What are you more afraid of: them or me with… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I’m lucky I’m even alive,” she announced. “When I was little, I sucked on duck eyeballs.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“It had worked. She understood. Things can kill you. All kinds of things, like toys, or older brothers. And as she'd grown… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“World peace for dinner," mused Mik, scratching his beard stubble. "Does that come with fries?" "It freaking better," said Zuzana. "Or I… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“There was, between her and Mik, a fairy-tale promise: that when he had performed three heroic tasks, he could ask for her… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you something about me. I love vengeance like normal people love sunsets and long walks on the beach. I… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Me, sweep him off his feet? I know. The laws of the jungle and romance novels would have it the other way… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“The humans were sitting cross-legged on the floor in a circle of soldiers, pointing at things and learning more Chimaera words: salt,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“We’re playing Three Wishes,” she told her friend. “Cake, hot bath, soft bed. How about you?” “World peace,” said Karou. Zuzana rolled… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky.” — 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
