16 Quotes by Zoë Marriott

It's as if people -- normal people -- are made of silver. Shiny to start with, but tarnished by time, by ill-treatment. Luca... Luca is gold. Nothing in the world could ever make him shine less brightly.

Why does it hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt?

Trusting anyone can get you killed.

Couldn't a woman be happy doing a great many things, just as a man could?

You see, that is why it is so easy to fool people with our illusions, Yue. In this world, illusions are usually much kinder than the truth.

People trust their eyes above all else – but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there.

To ugly ducklings everywhere, Don’t worry about those fluffy yellow morons: They’ll never get to be swans.