Authors — Quotes

Laini Taylor Quotes: 17

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
It's not like there's a law against flying." "Yes there is. The law of gravity.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Love is a luxury." "No. Love is an element."An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and the thrill, and it was as bright within her as a swallowed star.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
It was brave,"countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful.
Days of Blood & Starlight
So,"he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be entertaining offers of marriage?" "You think it'll be so easy?"she called back over her shoulder. "No way. There will be tasks. Like in a fairy tale." "Sounds dangerous." "Very, so think twice." "No need,"he said. "You're worth it.
Days of Blood & Starlight
Yearning for love made her feel like a cat that was always twining around ankles, meowing Pet me, pet me, look at me, love me.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Brimstone once told me that to stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.
Days of Blood & Starlight
I'm afraid they're in love,"he said, concerned. "They don't want to leave you."He lifted one hand from her waist to gently brush a pair from her neck, where their wings fanned against her jaw. Melancholy, he said, "I know just how they feel.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Be a Samurai.Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky.
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won--some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them to find it--but something to carry doggedly with you through everything, as humble and ordinary as your gear and supplies.
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Because hope comes from in you, and wishes are just magic.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Is that all souls are for? For when we die?" "No. They're for living, too.
Lips Touch: Three Times
I was going to say the beginning is the good part, when it's all sparks and sparkles, before they are inevitably unmasked as assholes.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone