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“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

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

“The world needs your mind,
the cosmos need your heart,
and the universe needs your soul.

Nature needs your care,
mankind needs your responsibility,
and humanity needs your light.

The people need your truth,
the populace needs your understanding,
and creation needs your love.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intellect is its thoughts.
Happiness is its desires.
Pleasure is its experiences.

Truth is its thoughts.
Awareness is its desires.
Reality is its experiences.

Imagination is its thoughts.
Intention is its desires.
Deeds are its experiences.

Wisdom is its thoughts.
Joy is its desires.
Love is its experiences.

The mind is its thoughts.
The heart is its desires.
The soul is its experiences.

The past is its thoughts.
The present is its desires.
The future is its experiences.

The world is its thoughts.
The universe is its desires.
The heavens are its experiences.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Yeah, but broken isn't the same as unfixable.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“He froze, becoming stone still. As the hover climbed the hill to the palace, his shoulders sank, and he returned his gaze to the window. "She's my alpha," he murmured, with a haunting sadness in his voice.

Alpha.

Cress leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees, "Like the star?"

"What star?"

She stiffened, instantly embarrassed, and scooted back from him again. "Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you meant that she's...like...your brightest star." Looking away, she knotted her hands in her lap, aware that she was blushing furiously now and this beast of a man was about to realize what an over-romantic sap she was.

But instead of sneering or laughing, Wolf sighed, "Yes," he said, his gaze climbing up to the full moon that had emerged in the blue evening sky. "Exactly like that.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“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

“One should never save cake for later when it can be eaten now.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

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

“When Kai fell silent, she risked a glance at him. He was staring at her hands [which she always holds mechanic gloves over to hide her...you know, cyborg hands]...
"Do you ever take those off?" he asked.
"No."
Kai tilted his head, peering at her as if he could see right through to the metal plate in her head..."I think you should go to the ball with me."
She clutched her fingers..."Stars," she muttered. "Didn't you already asked me that?"
"I'm hoping for a more favorable answer this time and I seem to be getting more desperate by the minute."
"How charming."
Kai's lips twitched. "Please?"
"Why?"
"Why not?"
"I mean, why me?"
Kai hooked his thumbs on his pockets. "So if my escape hover breaks down, I'll have someone to fix it?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far out of realm, her world, that she should have stopped thinking about him the second the door had closed. Should stop thinking about him immediately. Should never think about him again, except maybe as a client--and her prince.
And yet, the memory of his fingers against her skin refused to fade.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

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

“My point is that I am going to figure this out, like I always do. First, we’re going to find a way to get into Artemisia. We’re going to find Cress and rescue Cinder and Wolf. We’re going to overthrow Levana, and by the stars above, we are going to make Cinder a queen so she can pay us a lot of money from her royal coffers and we can all retire very rich and very alive, got it?"

Winter started to clap. "Brilliant speech. Such gumption and bravado."

"And yet strangely lacking in any sort of actual strategy," said Scarlet.

"Oh, good, I'm glad you noticed that too," said Iko. "I was worried my processor might be glitching.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“I'm going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is my giving a high five.' Kai's smiled brightened. 'That's genius. Me too.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“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

“He laughed, like someone had stabbed him in the chest and he had no other choice but to find it amusing.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“One cannot be brave who has no fear.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“How can we expect people to change if we don't give them the chance to?”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“There are many dangerous people in this world. but there are also many good people. Brave people. No matter how bad things get, we have to remember that. So long as there are heroes in this world, there's hope that tomorrow night might be better.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“It’s not all black and white, good and bad. Peoples actions...their motives...there are” - he circled his hands in the air - “gray areas.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“A true queen is made not in times of prosperity, but in times of hardship.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“Once we have total power, what's to keep us from becoming villains ourselves?”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“There were still consequences. There were always consequences, no matter which side she was on.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“That’s human nature, isn’t it? People want to put someone on a pedestal. Maybe it gives them something to dream about.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“There are so many things to marvel at. How could anyone want to hurt it? How can people wake up every morning and not think - look, the sun is still there! And I’m still here! This is incredible.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“To know what this world could look like, what humanity could be, if only we all chose to do our best, to help others, to...to be, well, heroes.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“There is no I in hero.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“Hundreds of thousands of people, going about their lives. Day after day. Year after year. Generation after generation. Somehow, humanity had managed to build all of this. Despite everything that had tried to get in its way. Somehow, they prevailed. They continued on.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies