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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet,
And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.

At times I seem to favor the clever and the fair,
But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare.

By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet,
But scorned, I become a difficult beast to defeat.

For though each of my strikes lands a powerful blow,
When I kill, I do it slow... ”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I stared at the nose I'd seen bleeding only hours before, the violet eyes that had been so filled with pain. "Why?" I asked.
He knew what I meant, and shrugged. "Because when the legends get written, I didn't want to be remembered for standing on the sidelines. I want my future offspring to know that I was there, and that I fought against her at the end, even if I couldn't do anything useful."
I blinked, this time not at the brightness of the sun.
"Because," he went on, his eyes locked with mine, "I didn't want you to fight alone. Or die alone."
And for a moment, I remembered that faerie who had died in our foyer, and how I'd told Tamlin the same thing. "Thank you," I said, my throat tight.
Rhys flashed a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes. " I doubt you'll be saying that when I take you to the Night Court.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Because I wouldn't want to die alone," I said, and my voice wobbled as I looked at Tamlin again, forcing myself to meet his stare. "Because I'd want someone to hold my hand until the end, and awhile after that.
That's something everyone deserves, human or faerie.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You didn't tell me this would happen."
"You didn't ask. So how am I to blame?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Well," Lucien said, his remaining russet eye fixed on me, "you don't look half as bad now. A relief, I suppose, since you're to live with us. Though the tunic isn't as pretty as a dress."

Wolves ready to pounce - that's what they were, just like their friend. I was all to aware of my diction, of the very breath I took as I said, "I'd prefer not to wear that dress"

"And why not?" Lucien crooned.
It was Tamlin who answered for me. "Because killing us is easier in pants.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Better to die with my chin held high than groveling like a cowering worm.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“You can leave if you're just going to insult me."
"But I'm so good at it." He flashed one of his grins.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Who wants someone around who's so covered in thorns?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Dawn, Day, and Night,” it mused, as if I hadn’t even answered. “The seven Courts of Prythian, each ruled by a High Lord, all of them deadly in their own way.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“only you can decide what breaks you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“I don’t like good-byes. If I could, I’d just walk out and not say anything.” Alis”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Once I’d dreamed
and breathed and thought in color and light and shape.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“High Lord of Prythian indeed. High Lord of Foolery was more like it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Better die with my chin high than a groveling, cowering worm. Even if his answering growl was the definition of wrath and rage”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I wasn't faerie, but I was a part of this earth, and the earth was a part of me, and I would be content to dance upon it for the rest of my life.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I might have been going to my death, but I wouldn’t arrive unarmed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your life. What would you do?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?”
Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that she hadn’t had the gift before? That she couldn’t have used it against him? “I would never lie—”
The words faded. She had lied. Everything he knew about her had been a lie.
“I’m so sorry,” she finished, the words falling lamely in the open air.
Kai peeled his eyes away, finding some place of resignation off in the glistening garden. “You’re even more painful to look at than she is.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“We all have our weaknesses.”
“I know,” said Iko. “Mine is shoes.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“But if there was one thing she knew from years as a mechanic, it was that some stains never came out.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“I am not human.
I am a cyborg.
I am mechanic.
That's all I am... right?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“I’ve heard that when citizens are unruly, there’s usually a good reason for it.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“She could be anyone. Become anyone. The thought both sickened and frightened her, but the resolve made her calm again.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“All her life--at least, all the life she could remember--all she'd ever wanted was her freedom.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“It grew out of the unification of many peoples, many cultures, many ideals. It was strengthened by a single enduring belief that together, we as one people are strong. We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses. We chose peace over war. Life over death.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder