Laini Taylor Quotes - Page 2

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• I know it's not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you're not the only one with troubles.

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  Remember You, Remembers You, Trying

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.51, Hachette UK

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• As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better.

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  Long, Things Will Get Better, Alive

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• Bitter, bitter, this desolation of angels.

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  Angel, Bitter, Desolation

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• It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry 'Monster!' and looked behind him.

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  Dragons, Monsters, Village

  "Daughter of Smoke and Bone". Book by Laini Taylor, September 27, 2011.

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• It’s not stalking if you don't follow them home, right?

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  Home, Stalking, Ifs

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• Hazael rose from his knees. It had to take extraordinary effort, yet somehow he managed a version of his lazy smile when he said, "You know, I've always wanted to be a bath attendant. You should take me instead. I'm nicer than my sister." Jael returned the lazy smile. "You're not my type." "Well, you're not anybody's type," said Hazael. "No, wait. I take it back. My sword says she'd like to know you better." "I'm afraid I must deny her the pleasure. I've been kissed by swords before, you see." "I may have noticed.

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  Rose, Effort, Waiting

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• Boredom is a terrible affliction of the soulless.

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  Boredom, Affliction, Terrible

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

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• Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

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  Writing, Giving, Finding Yourself

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• Creatures with no dreams of their own can do naught but destroy the dreams of others.

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  Dream, Creatures, Can Do

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Blackbringer”, p.175, Penguin

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• Thank you to the world for being a wild and inspiring place, full of odd creatures, strange people, and mysterious cities. I hope by and by to know you better.

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  Cities, People, World

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• Your soul sings to mine. My soul is yours, and it always will be, in any world. No matter what happens. I need you to remember that I love you.

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  Love You, Soul, Needs

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.192, Hachette UK

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• Just then, lit only by the flicker of his wings,the sight of him was so..right somehow. He was right. It made no sense at all, but the feeling flooded through Karou

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  Sight, Wings, Feelings

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• Yeah? Okay," she said, staring up into the stars. "Let's see. You know how, at the end of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet wakes up in the crypt and Romeo's already dead? He thought she was dead so he killed himself right next to her?" "Yeah. That was awesome." A pause, followed by "Ow," suggested elbow punctuation on the part of Mik. Karou ignored it. "Well, imagine if she woke up and he was still alive, but..." She swallowed, waiting out a tremor in her voice. "But he had killed her whole family. And burned her city. And killed and enslaved her people.

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  Stars, Cities, Voice

  Laini Taylor (2015). “The Complete Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.534, Hachette UK

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• You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of great strength.” “Strength,” she said with a little laugh. “I gave her strength, and look what she did with it.

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  Children, Evil, Laughing

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.254, Hachette UK

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• She had a sadness that was so deep, but it still could turn to light in a second, and when I saw her smile I wondered what it would be like to make her smile. I thought... I thought it would be like the discovery of smiling.

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  Sadness, Light, Discovery

  "Daughter of Smoke and Bone". Book by Laini Taylor, September 27, 2011.

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• War is all we've been taught, but there are other ways to live. We can find them, Akiva. We can invent them. This is the beginning, here." She touched his chest and felt a rush of love for the heart that moved his blood, for his smooth skin and his scars and his unsoldierly tenderness. She took his hand and pressed it to her breast and said, "We are the beginning.

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  War, Heart, Blood

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• Once upon a time, an angel lay dying in the mist. And a devil knelt over him and smiled.

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  Angel, Once Upon A Time, Dying

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.170, Hachette UK

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• Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

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  Respect, Peace, War

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• Your heart is not wrong. Your heart is your strength. You don't have to be ashamed.

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  Heart, Ashamed

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• Hey! My body may be small, but my soul is large. It’s why I wear platforms. So I can reach the top of my soul.

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  Soul, Hey, Body

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• The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.

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  Moving, Fall, Hard Times

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• Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It’s who you want to be, your most powerful self. Write your books. Finish them, then make them better. Find the way. No one will make this dream come true for you but you.

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  Dream, Powerful, Drinking

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• Stars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky.

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  Stars, Hair, Sky

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• Have you ever asked yourself,do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? I've seen things, angel. There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill thier own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don't they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work! And the worst part is, it's almost impossible to retrieve a soul that has been ripped away. Almost." He gave Akiva a keen look."But it can be done, if ever...if ever you decide to go looking for yours."___Izil

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  War, Rip, Angel

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• This is the story of the curse and the kiss, the demon and the girl. It's a love story with dancing and death in it, and singing and souls and shadows reeled out on kite strings.

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  Girl, Kissing, Dancing

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.69, Scholastic Inc.

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