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  • #1
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #2
    Pseudonymous Bosch
    “Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else.”
    Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

  • #3
    Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.
    “Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cinder

  • #4
    Marissa Meyer
    “A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.”
    “If only we had a captain here.”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #5
    Marissa Meyer
    “Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.
    A deformed cyborg with a missing foot.
    A Lunar with a stolen identity.
    A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go.
    But they will be looking for a ghost.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cinder

  • #6
    Marissa Meyer
    “I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant.”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #7
    Marissa Meyer
    “All right, Miss Cryptic. What's the new plan, then?"
    Glancing around the room, Cinder tipped up her chin. "It starts with kidnapping the groom."
    Iko's hand shot into the air.
    "Yes, Iko?"
    "That is the best idea ever. Count me in.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #8
    Marissa Meyer
    “Cress?"
    "It's beautiful out there."
    A hesitation, before, "Could you be more specific?"
    "The sky is gorgeous, intense blue color." She pressed her fingers to the glass and traced the wavy hills on the horizon.
    "Oh, good. You've really narrowed it down for me."
    "I'm sorry, it's just..." She tried to stamp down the rush of emotion. "I think we're in a desert."
    "Cactuses and tumbleweeds?"
    "No just a lot of sand. It's kind of orangish-gold, with hints of pink, and I can see tiny clouds of it floating above the ground, like...like smoke."
    "Piles up in lots of hills?"
    "Yes, exactly! And it's beautiful."
    Thorne snorted. "If this is how you feel about a desert, I can't wait until you see your first real tree. Your mind will explode.”
    Marissa Meyer , Cress

  • #9
    Marissa Meyer
    “If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well."
    "If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer.”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #10
    Marissa Meyer
    “What do you mean? Is she in a coma?”
    “Not anymore.” She braced herself for his reaction.
    “But she’s a cyborg.”
    His eyes widened, but then his attention was darting around the room as though he couldn’t look at Cinder while he adjusted to that information. “I see,” he said slowly, before meeting her gaze again.
    “But … is she all right?”
    The question caught her by surprise and she couldn’t help a startled laugh. “Oh, yeah, she’s great. I mean, half the people in the world want to kill her and the other half want to chain her to a throne on the moon, which is just what she’s always wanted. So she’s fantastic.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #11
    Marissa Meyer
    “He gaped at the controls. "Why is my ship talking back to me?”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #12
    Marissa Meyer
    “You said yourself that the people of Luna need a revolutionary.” She lifted her chin, holding his gaze. “So I’m going to Luna, and I’m going to start a revolution.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #13
    Marissa Meyer
    “Did you know that she was cyborg?” asked a woman in an unhidden tone of disgust.
    Kai stared at her, appearing confused, then let his gaze dance over the crowd. He shuffled his feet
    closer to the podium, a wrinkle forming on the bridge of his nose.
    Cinder bit the inside of her cheek and braced herself for adamant disgust. Who would ever invite a
    cyborg to the ball?
    But instead, Kai said simply, “I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant. Next question?”
    Cinder’s metal fingers jolted.”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #14
    Marissa Meyer
    “I lied to you about a lot of things....but I meant every apology.”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #15
    Marissa Meyer
    “Not doing pictures these days?" Jacin muttered as they hurried through the shop. "How very Lunar of you."

    Cinder glared against the sudden, burning sunlight. "Very wanted criminal of me too.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #16
    Marissa Meyer
    “Maybe the princess could save herself."
    "That sounds like a pretty good story too.”
    Marissa Meyer, Fairest

  • #17
    Marissa Meyer
    “Wow, when you research, you really research, don't you?”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #18
    Marissa Meyer
    “Amusement touched the corner of his lips. "Animals love me."
    "Oh, I'm sure they do," Scarlet said, beaming with fake encouragement. She shut the door before muttering, "What farm animals don't love a wolf?”
    Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

  • #19
    Marissa Meyer
    “Really?" she drawled. "You'd rather take your chances with her?"
    "At least I know when she's manipulating me."
    "News flash: I have never manipulated you. And I hope I never have to. But you aren't the only one with responsibilities and an entire country of people who are relying on you. So I'm sorry, your majesty, but you are coming with me, and you're just going to have to figure out whether or not you can trust me when we're not so pressed for time."
    Then she raised her hand and shot him.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #20
    Marissa Meyer
    “What did you bring me today? Delusional mutterings with a side of crazy?”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter

  • #21
    Marissa Meyer
    “You can help me pick out a tiara when we’re done saving the world.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #22
    Marissa Meyer
    “Keep your head in the clouds and your hands on the keyboard.”
    Marissa Meyer

  • #23
    Marissa Meyer
    “I don't hear anything."
    "Exactly. That's what happens when you *stop talking*.”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter

  • #24
    Marissa Meyer
    “Being raised on Luna seems to really mess people up. She wouldn't be the lovable cyborg we've all come to adore.”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter

  • #25
    Marissa Meyer
    “We all have our weaknesses.”
    “I know,” said Iko. “Mine is shoes.”
    Marissa Meyer, Cinder

  • #26
    Marissa Meyer
    “She cried for the girl who had never belonged. A girl who tried so hard, harder than anyone else, and still never had anything to show for it.”
    Marissa Meyer, Fairest

  • #27
    Marissa Meyer
    “No. She will never be queen.” She swayed toward him, and he felt like he was being encircled by a python, smothered and choked.”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter

  • #28
    Marissa Meyer
    “Pause one second. And be honest." Thorne held up a finger.
    "Are you having a mental breakdown right now?”
    Marissa Meyer, Cress

  • #29
    Marissa Meyer
    “It did not feel like home. It felt like a place that had been built to be paradise, but had become a prison.”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter

  • #30
    Marissa Meyer
    “Evret had died protecting the queen, his wife. They said that Levana had sobbed hysterically for hours.”
    Marissa Meyer, Winter



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