She had said she didn't feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one thing she was certain, and it was that she could never love, not like that. Trust a stranger with her flesh? The closeness, the quiet. She couldn't imagine it. Breathing someone else's breath as they breathed yours, touching someone, opening for them? The vulnerability of it made her flush. It would mean submission, letting down her guard, and she wouldn't. Ever. Just the thought made her feel small and weak as a child.
She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different. - Laini Taylor
She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different.
- Laini Taylor
Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more. - Laini Taylor
Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more.
Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? - Laini Taylor
Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?
Follow me," said Karou. As if he could have done anything else. - Laini Taylor
Follow me," said Karou. As if he could have done anything else.
Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It… - Laini Taylor
Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It…
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 … - Laini Taylor
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 …
Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic. - Laini Taylor
Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.
It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth. - Laini Taylor
It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth.
She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx. - Laini Taylor
She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion