Yeah? Okay," she said, staring up into the stars. "Let's see. You know how, at the end of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet wakes up in the crypt and Romeo's already dead? He thought she was dead so he killed himself right next to her?" "Yeah. That was awesome." A pause, followed by "Ow," suggested elbow punctuation on the part of Mik. Karou ignored it. "Well, imagine if she woke up and he was still alive, but..." She swallowed, waiting out a tremor in her voice. "But he had killed her whole family. And burned her city. And killed and enslaved her people.
Laini TaylorWhen you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
Laini TaylorI love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old bindings, and stars in margins next to beautiful passages. I love exuberant underlinings that recall to me a swoon of language-love from a long-ago reading, something I hoped to remember. I love book plates, and inscriptions in gifts from loved ones, I love author signatures, and I love books sitting around reminding me of them, being present in my life, being. I love books.
Laini TaylorHe wanted to tell her that everything he had done he had done because he was broken, because watching her die had destroyed him, but there was no way to say it that didnโt sound like he was trying to pin the blame outside himself
Laini TaylorWhich is what one always hopes will happen: for life to take over and be bigger and more marvelous than what we can dream up on our own. Life doesnโt need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn't hurt.)
Laini TaylorAs far back as she could remember, a phantom life had mocked her with its impenetrable โsomething else,โ but now it was the opposite. Here, in the circle of Akiva's presence, even as they spoke of war and siege and enduring enmity, she felt herself being drawn into the warm absoluteness and rightness of him, like he was both place and person and, contrary to all reason, exactly where she was supposed to be.
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