Laini Taylor Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

2. And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

3. Happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won--some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them to find it--but something to carry doggedly with you through everything, as humble and ordinary as your gear and supplies. Dreams of Gods & Monsters

4. Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and the thrill, and it was as bright within her as a swallowed star. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

5. I...I sang," she whispered, "if that matters," and Karou felt her heart pulled to pieces. This Misbegotten warrior, fiercest of them all, had crouched in an icy stream bed to sing a chimera soul into her canteen, because she hadn't known what else to do.The singing wouldn't have mattered, but she wasn't going to tell Liraz that. If Ziri's soul was in that canteen, Karou would happily learn whatever song Liraz had sung and make it part of her resurrection ritual forever, just so that the angel would never feel that she'd been foolish. Dreams of Gods & Monsters

6. I'm afraid they're in love," he said, concerned. "They don't want to leave you." He lifted one hand from her waist to gently brush a pair from her neck, where their wings fanned against her jaw. Melancholy, he said, "I know just how they feel. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

7. It was brave," countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful. Days of Blood & Starlight

8. It's not like there's a law against flying.""Yes there is. The law of gravity. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

9. Love is a luxury.""No. Love is an element."An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

10. Love is a luxury.""No. Love is an element."An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

11. Once upon a time there was a silence that dreamed of becoming a song, and then I found you, and now everything is music. Muse of Nightmares

12. She craved a presence beside her, solid. Fingertips light at the nape of her neck and a voice meeting hers in the dark. Someone who would wait with an umbrella to walk her home in the rain, and smile like sunshine when he saw her coming. Who would dance with her on her balcony, keep his promises and know her secrets, and make a tiny world wherever he was, with just her and his arms and his whisper and her trust. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

13. She'd spoken of their happiness as though it were an undeniable fact, no matter what happened--apart from everything else and not subject to it. It was a new idea for him, that happiness wasn't a mystical place to be reached or won--some bright terrain beyond the boundary of misery, a paradise waiting for them to find it--but something to carry doggedly with you through everything, as humble and ordinary as your gear and supplies. Food, weapons, happiness.With hope that the weapons could in time vanish from the picture. Dreams of Gods & Monsters

14. So," he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be entertaining offers of marriage?""You think it'll be so easy?" she called back over her shoulder. "No way. There will be tasks. Like in a fairy tale.""Sounds dangerous.""Very, so think twice.""No need," he said. "You're worth it. Days of Blood & Starlight

15. So," he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be entertaining offers of marriage?""You think it'll be so easy?" she called back over her shoulder. "No way. There will be tasks. Like in a fairy tale.""Sounds dangerous.""Very, so think twice.""No need," he said. "You're worth it. Days of Blood & Starlight

16. There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms. Strange the Dreamer

17. Yearning for love made her feel like a cat that was always twining around ankles, meowing Pet me, pet me, look at me, love me. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

18. Because hope comes from in you, and wishes are just magic. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

19. Dreams have their rhythms, their deeps and shallows. Strange the Dreamer

20. E é assim que você segue em frente. Você dá risada das partes sombrias. Quanto mais partes sombrias, mais você tem de rir. Com rebeldia, com despreocupação, com histeria, da forma como puder. Strange the Dreamer

21. Every mind is its own world. Most occupy a vast middle ground of ordinary, while others are more distinct: pleasant, even beautiful, or sometimes slippery and unaccountably wrong-feeling. Strange the Dreamer

22. Her soul felt alive more than ever before. Sarai almost forget that she wasn't. Muse of Nightmares

23. Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

24. Some men are born for great things, and others to help great men do great things. Strange the Dreamer

25. The keepers of books had been the keepers of wisdom. Strange the Dreamer

26. The ones who know can’t tell us, and the ones who tell us don’t know. Muse of Nightmares

27. There was only present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad. Dreams of Gods & Monsters

28. Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one's soul so entangled in it that you can't let it go, even if you try. If you feel it--if you really feel it--then you speak it like it's a still-beating heart clenched in your fist and there's blood running down your arm, dripping off your elbow, and you can't let go. Strange the Dreamer

29. What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it? Days of Blood & Starlight