Malinda Lo

“I don't believe in worrying. It's a waste of energy.”

— Malinda Lo

“You shall not discover the truth being being blinded to faith.”

— Malinda Lo

“It is never a crime to love someone.”

— Malinda Lo

“All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.”

— Malinda Lo

“The world is inviolable: it has no beginning and no end. Those who seek to change it will be changed.”

— Malinda Lo

“It may not be your dream, Stepsister, but do not scoff at those who do dream of it.”

— Malinda Lo

“She would rather be alone in her room than alone in the midst of a celebration she was not a part of.”

— Malinda Lo

“Then they took the last step together, and when she kissed her, her mouth as warm as summer, the taste of her…

— Malinda Lo

“(...) she knew this: She was falling for this girl, this beautiful, beautiful girl, and she wanted to fall. She wanted to…

— Malinda Lo

“making a decision isn't about knowing every potential consequence. It's about knowing what you want and chasing a path that takes you…

— Malinda Lo

“It's like -- this is going to sound weird, but it's like we're in a movie and every time I'm with you,…

— Malinda Lo

I find it interesting that authors of fantasy and science fiction novels are rarely asked if their books are based on their…

— Malinda Lo

“Julian was always trying to convince her that E.T. had already visited Earth multiple times. One night in Dolores Park, while they…

— Malinda Lo

“Kissing Amber was like falling into the sea: Her body surrendered to the pull of the tide, buoyed by the saltwater, every…

— Malinda Lo

I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into…

— Malinda Lo

Traditional murder mysteries are interesting because they're ostensibly about a horrible thing - murder - but underneath that, they're about restoring order…

— Malinda Lo

“From life to life, from breath to breath, we remember Elinor.”

— Malinda Lo

“People are always going to think something about you that isn't real. It doesn't matter what they think.”

— Malinda Lo

“Fairies were drawn to in-between times like Midsummer's Eve, when the full weight of summer begins to tip the shorter days of…

— Malinda Lo

“Every time you come near me,” he said, “you come closer to the end of everything.” “It does not feel that way,”…

— Malinda Lo

“She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea,…

— Malinda Lo

“She asked, "Will I die?" He answered, "Only a little," and she put her hand in his, and she felt the ring…

— Malinda Lo

“She wondered if Kath could sense her, sitting on this train as it took her away. Perhaps it was possible, if she…

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“She put a hand on the huntress’s shoulder and asked, "Is everything as it should be?” There were tears in Kaisa’s eyes,…

— Malinda Lo

“With her heart hammering in her throat, Ash asked, ‘Will you do me the honor of dancing with me?’ She looked up…

— Malinda Lo

“Ash knew that this was what the fairies were always hunting for: a circle of joy, hot and brilliant, the scent of…

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“The riders, too, were like nothing she had ever seen before: ethereal men and women with pale visages, their cheekbones so sharply…

— Malinda Lo

“But at some point in her passage, the trees began to change. They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened.…

— Malinda Lo