Laini Taylor Quotes - Page 9

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• The thing he wished for most was a thing he had never wished for at all, not until he had discovered her. And it came true that night, and many nights after. A brief and shining span of happiness, it was the pivot point around which his whole life spun.

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  Night, Shining, Spun

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• It was interesting the way a small hate could grow inside a big hate and take it over.

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  Hate, Interesting, Way

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• There are other ways of showing someone you love them, such as fetching them out of Hell.

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  Someone You Love, Way, Hell

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.109, Scholastic Inc.

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• When it turned out that he could, Karou dropped to her knees to genuflect. "Gods of math and physics," she intoned, "I accept your gift of this clever fair-haired boy

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  Clever, Math, Boys

  Laini Taylor (2012). “Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.268, Hachette UK

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• Better to be the cat gazing coolly down from a high wall, its expression inscrutable. The cat that shunned petting, that needed no one. Why couldn't she be that cat?

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  Wall, Cat, Expression

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.50, Hachette UK

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• I want to build spires in their minds and dance shadows through like marionettes, chased by whispers and hints of the unspeakable.

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  Mind, Shadow, Hints

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• His eyes are blue, and blue eyes up close are a celestial phenomenon: nebulae as seen through telescopes, the light of unnamed stars diffused through dusts and elements and endlessness. Layers of light. Blue eyes are starlight.

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  Stars, Eye, Light

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• Don't I deserve to finally be free of you?

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  Deserve

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• As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better." "Or worse," said Liraz. "Yes," he conceded. "Usually worse." Hazael cut in. "My sister, Sunshine, and my brother, Light. You two should rally the ranks. You'll have us killing ourselves by morning.

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  Morning, Brother, Sunshine

  Laini Taylor (2015). “The Complete Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.480, Hachette UK

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• It was sadness, lostness, and the worst thing about it was the way it seemed like a default—like it was there all the time, and all her other expressions were just an array of masks she used to cover it up.

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  Sadness, Expression, Way

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• Dead souls dream only of death. Small dreams for small men. It is life that expands to fill worlds. Life is your master, or death is

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  Dream, Men, Soul

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• Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorways to their world, and she was all alone.

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  Girl, Angel, Once Upon A Time

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.92, Hachette UK

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• I've always imagined that one day the path of your life would unroll at your feet and carry you away from us. As it should, as it must. But I am glad that day is not today.

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  Feet, One Day, Today

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• This gown, is it cut from shadow?" the general asked. "I can barely feel it between my fingers." Not for want of trying, thought Madrigal. "Perhaps it is a reflection of the night sky," he suggested, "skimmed from a pond?" She supposed that he was being poetic. erotic, even. In return, as unerotically as possible- more like complaining of a stain that wouldn't come out-she said, "Yes, my lord. I went for a dip, and the reflection clung.

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  Cutting, Reflection, Night

  Laini Taylor (2015). “The Complete Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.294, Hachette UK

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• Infinities are not for casual exploration. You could fall and keep falling. You could get lost.

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  Fall, Infinity, Exploration

  Laini Taylor (2014). “Dreams of Gods and Monsters: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.402, Hachette UK

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• Zuzana arched an eyebrow. She was a master of the eyebrow arch, and Karou envied her for it. Her own eyebrows did not function independently of each other, which handicapped her expressions of suspicion and disdain.

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  Expression, Eyebrows, Arches

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.

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  Pain, Epic, Terrible

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• I start to wonder if I’m being creepy. I mean, I am creeping. Does creep-ing automatically make one creep-y? Or are there dispensations for…romance? I bet all stalkers believe they’re being romantic. I did it for love, officer.

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  Believe, Mean, Romance

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• My phone buzzes. It’s from Karou: a list of conversation openers that I won’t be needing. —a) Hi. I’m Zuzana. I’m actually a marionette brought to life by the Blue Fairy, and the only way I can gain a soul is if a human falls in love with me. Help a puppet out? —b) Hi. I’m Zuzana. The touch of my lips imparts immortality. Just sayin’. —c) Hi. I’m Zuzana. I think I might like you.

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  Falling In Love, Thinking, Phones

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• My face responds without authorization from my brain, so the resulting smile feels like the biggest, most unguarded, goofiest smile I’ve ever unleashed in my entire life. I didn’t even know my face could do this. It’s like there were hidden zippers in my cheeks. Jesus. This must be what feelings are. This is why people write poems! I get it now. I get it, and I want more.

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  Jesus, Writing, Zippers

  Laini Taylor (2017). “Night of Cake and Puppets: A Daughter of Smoke and Bone Novella”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• So here we are, talking about Roman unicycles and alien sandwiches and my sister’s Italian misfortunes, while hanging in between us is: MY EPIC FAILURE TO CARPE. What’s wrong with me?

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  Epic, Italian, Talking

  Laini Taylor (2017). “Night of Cake and Puppets: A Daughter of Smoke and Bone Novella”, p.126, Hachette UK

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• The truth, she found, felt smooth, like a skipping stone in the palm of your hand.

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  Hands, Stones, Smooth

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.90, Hachette UK

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• Was there another life she was meant to be living? At times she felt a keen certainty that there was ― a phantom life, taunting her from just out of reach. A sense would come over her while she was drawing or walking, and once while she was dancing slow and close with Kaz, that she was supposed to be doing something else with her hands, with her legs, with her body. Something else. Something else. Something else.

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  Hands, Drawing, Dancing

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• You really think joy is easier to come by than pain? What have you had more of?

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  Pain, Thinking, Joy

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• My tiny scary friend is coming

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  Scary, Tiny

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.152, Hachette UK

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