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Laini Taylor

  • Snowhas quoted2 days ago
    Humanity, perhaps, that quality of benevolence that humans have, without irony, named after themselves.
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    “Oh, I know why,” said Izîl. “I wonder if you do.”

    “I know my history.”

    Izîl laughed. One cheek was pressed flat against the dome of the minaret, and his laugh came out as a wheeze. He said, “Like mold on books, grow myths on history. Maybe you should ask someone who was there, all those centuries ago. Maybe you should ask Razgut.”
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    Akiva said, “I don’t need to ask him anything.”

    “Ah, no? I see. A man once said, ‘All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.’ Mark Twain, you know.
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such.
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    Izîl replied, “A man once said, ‘Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.’
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    “Just tell me—” Akiva began, but Izîl cut him off.

    “Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? I’ve seen things, angel. There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill their own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don’t they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work! And the worst is, it’s almost impossible to retrieve a soul that has been ripped away. Almost.”
  • Snowhas quoted13 hours ago
    You tell me that battling with monsters has made me a monster? Doing business with devils, what has that made you?”
  • mishiareeze721has quotedlast year
    I don’t know many rules to live by,” he’d said. “But here’s one. It’s simple. Don’t put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles—drug or tattoo—and… no inessential penises, either.”

    “Inessential penises?” Karou had repeated, delighted with the phrase in spite of her grief. “Is there any such thing as an essential one?”

    “When an essential one comes along, you’ll know,
  • mishiareeze721has quotedlast year
    “Right? I know. How much does your life have to suck to want the Apocalypse?”
  • mishiareeze721has quotedlast year
    “Dull sounds nice,” he said, letting his eyes flutter closed. “Maybe I can catch up on my reading.”
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