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“I’m lucky I’m even alive,” she announced. “When I was little, I sucked on duck eyeballs.”

Quote by Laini Taylor

Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

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Dreams of Gods & Monsters

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Laini Taylor is an American author known for her fantasy novels. Born on December 11, 1971, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Taylor's works are acclaimed for their rich imagination, unique narrative style, and profound character development. more

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Source: Days of Blood & Starlight

“There was, between her and Mik, a fairy-tale promise: that when he had performed three heroic tasks, he could ask for her hand. She’d meant it in jest, but he’d taken it to heart, and was only one task down out of three—though secretly Zuzana accepted his fixing the air-conditioning in their last hotel room as a heroic act and counted it.”

Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“It had worked. She understood. Things can kill you. All kinds of things, like toys, or older brothers. And as she'd grown up, that list had just gotten longer and longer.”

Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“When he started to renew his protest, she held up a hand. "What are you more afraid of: them or me with low blood sugar?”

Book:Days of Blood & Starlight

Source: Days of Blood & Starlight

“All of this cuteness, it was one of nature's great bait and switches, because... that wasn't all there was to Zuzana Nováková. Not even a little bit. Deciding to take her on was akin to a fish deciding idly to gobble up that pretty light bobbing in the shadows and then--OH GOD THE TEETH THE HORROR!--meeting the anglerfish on the other side.”

Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“Me, sweep him off his feet? I know. The laws of the jungle and romance novels would have it the other way around, but I’m not going to wait one more second for that.”

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Source: Night of Cake & Puppets

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Book:Days of Blood & Starlight

Source: Days of Blood & Starlight

“Think of the Christians fed to the lions because they wouldn't renounce their faith. As if their god wouldn't forgive them their desire to life?..." "Are you kidding me? You're going to blame the Christians, not the Romans? How about they just don't throw them to the goddamn lions in the first place? Don't delude yourself. You're the monster here.”

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Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“- Estamos jugando a pedir tres deseos. Los míos son un pastel, un baño caliente y una cama mullida. ¿Y tú qué quieres? - La paz en el mundo. - Sí, santa Karou. - La cura para el cáncer. Y unicornios para todos. - Bah. Nada arruina este juego como el altruismo. Tiene que ser algo para ti, y si no incluye comida, es mentira. - He incluido comida. He dicho unicornios, ¿no? - Mmmm. ¿Tienes antojo de unicornios? Espera. ¿Los hay aquí? - Lamentablemente no. - Los había, pero Karou se los comió todos. - Soy una voraz depredadora de unicornios.”

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Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“Tienes razón. Muy aburrida. Empezaré a coleccionar sellos. Eso es interesante, ¿no? - No. A menos que te los vayas a pegar por el cuerpo y los utilices como ropa.”

Book:Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters