42 Quotes by Malinda Lo

The quiet afternoon opened up between them like a woman stretching her limbs.

There was probably a scientific explanation for it, but the older she got, the more she was inclined to give in to the feeling that these moments were glimpses into a world greater than this physical one. It was as if there were cycles that repeated themselves over and over, but most people never saw the repetition; they were too deeply enmeshed in their own path to see.

Democracy, at its root, is based on the faith that our representatives have our best interests at heart. If we as a nation no longer believe that they do, that may be even more disturbing than the idea that aliens are among us.

An unfamiliar emotion swelled inside her at this image. A strangely sharp pang for a place she had never visited. For a people she resembled but did not know.

Love is not what you fear, is it? You fear the loss of it.

Haven’t you ever wondered what it would be like to have nothing keeping you attached to the ground?

To charge someone with love is a great responsibility; there will be an equal yet unexpected reaction.

Wake up. You are here.

Fairies were drawn to in-between times like Midsummer’s Eve, when the full weight of summer begins to tip the shorter days of Autumn; or Souls Night, when the spirits of the newly departed walk the land.