Laini Taylor Quotes

It was cruel. Like opening a birdcage to let the bird fly out, whilst all the while it's tethered by the leg, and freedom is only an illusion.

What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?

Papilio stomachus: fragile creatures, vulnerable to forst and betrayal.

His lips made a grim twist that was like the joyless cousin of a smile.

It was the only lullaby she would ever sing, and it was sung in Hell.

[She] had heard it said that there was only one emotion which, in recollection, was capable of resurrecting the full immediacy and power of the original—one emotion that time could never fade, and that would drag you back any number of years into the pure, undiluted feeling, as if you were living it anew. It wasn’t love… and it wasn’t hate, or anger, or happiness, or even grief. Memories of those were but echoes of the true feeling.It was shame. Shame never faded.

To eat or not to eat, that is the question: whether 'tis Nobler in the stomach to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Hunger (while keeping mouthparts in pristine kissing condition) or to take Spoon against Slice of cake, and--"Yes, please," my stomach pipes up.

If only it were that easy to let go of hate. Just relax your face.