Quotes from Laini Taylor

Some, and then more.

He visto otros universos. He estado en ellos. Y los he destruido.

She felt light as air and bright as danger.

There was only the present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad.

Theirs wasn't the only love story ended by the gods, but it was the only one that ended the gods.

He was copper and shadow, honey and menace,

Lazlo looked to the Cusp, subtle in the starlight. The mysteries of Weep had been music to his blood for as long as he could remember. This time tomorrow, they would be mysteries no longer.

It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth.

That was the year Zosma sank to its knees and bled great gouts of men into a war about nothing.

No. Lo único que me queda es la muerte. Uno debería morir con dignidad, cuando ya no es posible vivir con dignidad.

Her names means hope. But not in their language, and not for them.

No conozco muchas reglas para regir la vida —había afirmado—. Pero te enseñaré una muy sencilla. No metas en tu cuerpo cosas innecesarias. Nada de venenos ni productos químicos, tampoco gases, tabaco o alcohol, ningún objeto afilado ni agujas prescindibles (drogas o tatuajes) y, por supuesto…, ningún pene innecesario.

Ma è il sogno a scegliere il sognatore, non il contrario

La clemencia engendra clemencia, igual que las masacres devienen en masacres. No podemos esperar que el mundo sea mejor de lo que lo hacemos.

Ya, ya - lo calmó fingiendo compasión-. Él no se da cuenta. Forma parte de la condición de monstruo no identificarse como tal. Es como el dragón que mientras estaba agachado en una aldea devorando doncellas escuchó a los campesinos a loa campesinos gritar: "¡Un monstruo!", y se volvió para mirar.

It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop a dreamer from dreaming.

If you want to see my hands, all you have to do is ask.

Anhelar el amor la hacía sentir como un gato que siempre se enrosca en los tobillos maullando. Acaríciame, acaríciame, mírame, quiéreme. Preferiría ser el gato que observa todo con descaro.

There was no way Nova could have known.

Surely there are other ways to live—" "No. Only death remains. One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Nietzsche said that, you know. Wise man. Large mustache." "Izîl, you can't mean you want to die." "If only there was a way to be free…

Sarai [...] You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes!

He was inside that realm of mind, the private universe, the infinite sphere of himself where he went to work magic.

Solo estaba pensando -dijo Sparrow- que nuestra vida, cuando estamos despiertos es como la ciudadela. Quiero decir, que está encerrada. Transcurre en el interior, sin cielo. Pero soñar es como el jardín. Al soñar se puede salir de la prisión y percibir el cielo que hay alrededor. En un sueño puedes estar en cualquier sitio. Puedes ser libre. Tú también mereces eso, Sarai

Everyone I know who put any energy into a backup plan is now living that backup plan instead of their dream. Put all your energy into your dream. That's the only way it will ever become real.