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• She tasted of fairytales

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  Fairytale

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• A pause came between them, and it was so full of Akiva that Karou imagined she could smell him.

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  Smell, Pauses

  Laini Taylor (2012). “Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.193, Hachette UK

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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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• I know. Life is so unfair. I'm still not going to pee on Karou's ex-boyfriend for you." "What? I wasn't even going to ask you to." In her most reasonable tone, Zuzana explained explained, "I just want you to pee in a balloon so I can drop it on him.

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  Ex Boyfriend, Want, Tone

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• Are you saying you don't love me?" Hazael asked Liraz. "Because I love you. I think." He paused in contemplation. "Oh. No. Never mind. That's fear.

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  Love You, Thinking, Mind

  Laini Taylor (2012). “Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.20, Hachette UK

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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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• 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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• I shudder to think. I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex- Must touch-and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.

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  Flower, Eye, Thinking

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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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• I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.

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  Real, Thinking, Important

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• When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.

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  Writing, Lakes, Ideas

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• We are the beginning ... We always have been. This time, let it be more than a beginning.

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  Has Beens

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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