I shudder to think. I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex- Must touch-and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.
Laini TaylorI was going to say the beginning is the good part, when it's all sparks and sparkles, before they are inevitably unmasked as assholes.
Laini TaylorI want.." she said, knowing what she wanted, feeling pulled toward it, arching toward it, but hardly knowing how to say it.
Laini TaylorIt was funny, she thought, but her smile turned wistful because she had nobody to tell.
Laini TaylorKissing can ruin lives. Lips touch sometimes teeth clash. New hunger is born with a throb and caution falls away. A cursed girl with lips still moist from her first kiss might feel suddenly wild like a little monsoon. She might forget her curse just long enough to get careless and let it come true. She might kill everyone she loves.
Laini Taylor