858 Quotes by Laini Taylor

There was a word from a myth: sathaz. It was the desire to possess that which can never be yours. It meant senseless, hopeless yearning, the way a gutter child might dream of being king, and it came from the tale of the man who loved the moon.

His soul had flown on ahead of his body and left it stranded.

Once you know magic is real, it’s really hard to remember what it was like not to know.

He read while he walked. He read while he ate. The other librarians suspected he somehow read while he slept, or perhaps didn’t sleep at all.

She is in love. It is bright within her, like a swallowed star.

The Greek philosopher Epictetus said, “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.’ Nietzsche, you know. Exceptional mustache.

Then there were things – epic, terrible things – that he didn’t tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.

I bet all stalkers believe they’re being romantic. I did it for love, officer.