Marissa Meyer Quotes

Over everything, I choose you

I just look at things and figure out how they work. Once you know how something works, you can figure out how to fix it." She

Sometimes your heart is the only thing worth listening to.

Maybe the princess can save herself.

She couldn't help a grin, knowing that she had done this. She had brought this monstrosity back to life. It owed her now and it seemed to know it.

This girl really was crazy.

She was not a girl of ice and glass at all, but a girl of sunshine and stardust.

Scarlet's world was crashing down around her and nobody noticed. Her grandmother was missing and nobody cared. She

The huntsman took pity on her and said, Run away into the woods, child, and never come back.

Thorne scoffed. "Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring."
"Do you even know what you're saying half the time?" asked Cinder.

Finding it difficult not to grin like a lunatic. As it turned out, being human was every bit as much fun as she'd always thought it would be. *

I love you, Winter. I always have." He kissed her.

But I'm a wanted fugitive, like Cinder." Thorne continued. "They do realise I'm missing, don't they?"
"Maybe they're grateful," Cinder muttered.

Hello, friend." Winter knelt in front of Scarlet's cage. "Hello, crazy," said Scarlet. It sounded like an endearment.

Strom held her gaze, his ferocity once again turning to amusement. "I understand why your mate chose you.

Anything to be out of these woods.

Try princess?" He smirked up at her. "I can't seem to think of much else.

You loved her. I would feel the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet's identity and give it to Levana's army.

Broken isn't the same as unfixable." Pulling

Our country was built on a foundation of equality and togetherness, not prejudice and hatred.

One of these days, I just want to open my eyes and see you.

Is this what's going to make you happy?'
'How different everything could have been, if you had thought to ask me that before.

She was spending too much time with this boy. She was in love with this boy. And

Oh, yuck," said Iko, trying to cover the hole with both hands. "I hate when my wiring is showing." "I know the feeling.

What were promises, anyway, when made to the dying?

It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.

Maybe he was leading her to her death.
Maybe Wolf was marching toward his.

If thirty-two is old and decrepit, what does that make you, old man?" "Very valuable in the antique market." Dr.

And the moral of that is "Once a goldfish, forever a goldfish.

Whatever he'd once felt for Cinder - or thought he'd felt for her - was over.

Over a dozen thaumaturges were stationed around the room. It was almost like the queen expected someone to start trouble.

She was dressed like a chameleon in a room full of komodo dragons.

Yeah, I guess you're right," he said, squeezing. "Maybe there's a little bit of a hero in me after all. But ... really, Cress. Only a little.

She had the bone structure of a bird. Wolf probably could have crushed her with his fingertips.

He laughed, like someone had stabbed him in the chest and he had no other choice but to find it amusing.

She definitely has a crush on you. It's about the size of Jupiter.

Brave, stupid girl, Thorne muttered. He sank back down to the floor, his expression torn between relief and increased distress.

..and monogamy as rare as an earthen eclipse.

He was not going to die. She was not a girl of ice and glass at all, but a girl of sunshine and stardust, because Jacin wasn't going to die.

Your input is the only input that matters, she whispered. He

Her heartbeat felt like horse's hooves trampling her chest.

Tapping a finger against the flesh of her elbow, she deadpanned, Jacin Clay, there is an assassin under my bed.

That's handling it?" "It's my decision." "It's a stupid one!" Kai

A look that was a little bit devious, and all sorts of charming. Cress

Aces," Carswell Thorne murmured. Dropping his feet to the ground, he leaned forward to inspect her closer. "Is that all hair?

Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.

She could be anyone. Become anyone. The thought both sickened and frightened her, but the resolve made her calm again.

I lied to you about a lot of things ... but I meant every apology.

Pause one second. And be honest." Thorne held up a finger.
"Are you having a mental breakdown right now?

Many of his coworkers on Luna had made lucrative side businesses offering plastic surgery, melatonin adjustments, and body reconstruction

So glad to be of service," said the disembodied voice. "I'm Iko. Is anyone hurt?" "Everyone's hurt," said Cinder, groaning.

When she was a child, the witch locked her away in a tower that had neither doors nor stairs.

Someday soon, I fear the palace will be soaked through with blood and all of Artemisia Lake will be so red, even the Earthens will be able to see it.

I've heard that when citizens are unruly, there's usually a good reason for it.

Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.

Oh, I fully intend to form an alliance with Luna." Kai glanced at the cyborg foot again. "I just intend to put a different queen on the throne first.

Her netlink fished for information, telling her that the palace had been built after World War IV, when the city was little more than rubble.

The better to eat you with, my dear.

One to be a murderer, the other to be martyred, One to be a monarch, the other to go mad.

The sahara desert the Rapunzel the charity the gifted tales.

It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful.

Don't worry about her. It was only her birthday, after all. This was only her party.

Aimery's cheek seemed to twitch, as though he was on the verge of laughing, yet his voice remained as smooth as caramel when he spoke.

Princess, you have got to stop collecting these rebels." Ignoring

I will accept any amount of monsters my mind wants to give me, but I will not become a monster myself.

Nevertheless, seeing him made Cinder both warm with longing and miserable when she thought of the last few moments she'd seen him. Her,

She was not looking at a girl in the mirror. She was looking at a machine.

I believe you owe her an apology, the fighter said in his quiet, even tone.

We're not pouring rice in my head.

She would die here and not complain. She would be buried beneath this avalanche of lifelessness.

One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad

And the earth if full tonight, tonight, and the wolves all howl, aa-oooooooooo...

I thought it would be nice to look up at the night sky with you beside me for once, rather than just wishing you were beside me. Cinder

She would have auctioned off the Milky Way if it would have made his intentions a little less honorable

Why?"
"Why not?"
"I mean, why me?

...may they rest ever in divine luxury...

We have the ability to love each other, no matter our differences. To help each other, no matter our weaknesses.

One should never save cake for later when it can be eaten now.

Just like a computer, she told herself. Computers only do what you tell them to do. The gun will only fire if you pull the trigger.

I'm going to tell her I've fallen for one of my captors and the wedding is off

May I request a new uniform? A towel seems inappropriate for the position.

Another silence as the heat in the engine room hovered just upside of comfortable. Then, You're ... rather handsome, Captain Thorne.

Don't. Open. My control panel," she said. Releasing Thorne, she shut the plate in her head.
"Then stop going comatose on me!

I appreciate the confidence, Your Imperial Psychologist, but we're way beyond that. Cress if over me and ... it's for the best.

One more patronizing comment and I will have you slice off and nail your own tongue to the palace gate.

But the captain just shook his head. That's very good of you to say, Cress. But trust me. I would have blackmailed someone.

Oh, stars. I don't know his real name. How can I not know his real name? What kind of alpha mate am I?

It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse.

You know as well as I that you're going to break at least one heart before this is over, and I want nothing more to do with you.

Because the palace walls have been bleeding for years, and no one else sees it.

Levana knelt. She glowed with anticipation. Her lips trembled with a restrained smile. Her eyes were feasting on the crown as Kai turned toward her.

only gobbledygook filled the screen.

You should hate me. I'm an idiot. I made a mistake."
"You may be an idiot, but I assure you, you're quite a lovable one.

The guilt and the horror and the memory of that awful smell might stay with her forever, but she was the queen.

Work for someone who believes in you, because when they believe in you, they'll invest in you.

You want to know another secret? The biggest secret?" She sat, splaying her legs like a broken doll in front of her. "I'm scared, Kai. I'm so scared.

You have no idea how to dance, do you?" Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. "I'm a mechanic.

The doctor's face brightened, eyes shining like lanterns between the wrinkles.

That won't satisfy them at all." "I know. That's half the appeal." Cinder

Fear was a weakness in the court. Much better to act unperturbed. Much safer to act crazy, when in doubt.