Quotes by Marissa Meyer

The queens eyes smouldered. I know my own kind when I see them, and right now there is one in these city walls. She pointed a finger toward the balcony.I want her found and brought to me.Right, said Kai,thatll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig out my special Lunar detector, and Ill get right on that.

You mean she doesn’t intend to blow me up before the ceremony?” said Kai, taking the box. “How disappointing.

Aaaaw, squealed Iko. Did Wold just say he loves Scarlet? Thats so cute!Scarlet cringed. He did not - that wasnt - She balled her fists against her sides. Can we get back to these soldiers that are being rounded up, please?Is she blushing? She sounds like shes blushing.Shes blushing. Thorne confirmed, shiffling the cards. Actually, Wolf is also looking a little flustered -

listen carefully, as this may be something of a shock to you. A shock? You mean all that was just the precursor?

But her grandmother had never suggested she could think the same of Scarlet. Youll be fine, she always said, after a skinned knee, after a broken arm, after her first youthfull heartbreak. Youll be fine, because youre strong, like me.

Do you think she is? Her voice trembled. Her heart throbbed as she waited for him to answer. You think theyve killed her?Every moment wrapped around Scarlets neck, strangling her, until the only possiblbe word from Wolfs mouth had to be yes. Yes, she was dead. Yes, she was gone. Theyd murdered her. These monsters had murdered her.Scarlet pressed her palms into the crate, trying to push through the plastic. Say it.No, he murmured, shoulder sinking, No, I dont think theyve killed her. Not yet.Scarlet shivered with relief. She covered her face with both hands, dizzy with the hurricane of emotions. Thank the stars, she whispered. Thank you.

Just friends, she reminded herself. They were only friends, and would only be friends from here on out. It was a friendship that was to be cherished, as she cherished all the friendships shed made aboard this ship. She wouldnt ruin it by wishing things could be more. She would be grateful for what affection she did have.

Love is a conquest! Love is war!

My life is an adventure. she said, growing confident as she opened her eyes again. I will not be shackled to this satellite anymore.

My point is that I am going to figure this out, like I always do. First, we’re going to find a way to get into Artemisia. We’re going to find Cress and rescue Cinder and Wolf. We’re going to overthrow Levana, and by the stars above, we are going to make Cinder a queen so she can pay us a lot of money from her royal coffers and we can all retire very rich and very alive, got it?Winter started to clap. Brilliant speech. Such gumption and bravado.And yet strangely lacking in any sort of actual strategy, said Scarlet.Oh, good, Im glad you noticed that too, said Iko. I was worried my processor might be glitching.

There was an edge to his expression, like he didnt trust anyone who was more attractive than he was.

Sometime your heart is the only thing worth listening to.

Everyone is trying to impress everyone else, trying to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident than they actually are.

Everyone is trying to impress everyone else. to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident than they actually are.

I am an explorer, she whispered, setting courageously off into the wild unknown. It was not a daydream shed ever had before, but she felt the familiar comfort of her imagination wrapping around her. She was an archeologist, a scientist, a treasure hunter. She was a master of land and sea. My life is an adventure. she said, growing confident as she opened her eyes again. I will not be shackled to this satellite anymore.Thorne tilted his head to one side. He waited for three heartbeats before sliding one hand down into hers. I have no idea what youre talking about, he said. But well go with it.

She kept her head high, even as her eyes stung, even as panic filled her vision with warnings and precautions.It was not her fault he had liked her.It was not her fault she was cyborg. She would not apologize.

Patience, friend. Theyre coming for you.

The mobile phone acts as a cursor to connect the digital and physical.

She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was--not what anyone else told her to be.

She was so stupid. Such a stupid, stupid girl.For ever thinking she could be admired, adored, or noticed. For every thinking she could be anything at all.