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


Marissa Meyer

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"I've bee...
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Cinder looked away. Though so much had changed between them since t...
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I am a cyborg.
I am mechanic.
That's all I am... right?
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MARISSA MEYER Linh Cinder. Such a pleasure. My master has spoken so highly of you.”

Cinder paused and...
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MARISSA MEYER All right, Miss Cryptic. What's the new plan, then?"
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"Maybe her programming was ov...
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"I-I don't know...
MARISSA MEYER Captain?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
He squinted...
MARISSA MEYER Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.
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Everyone stare...
MARISSA MEYER I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp b...
MARISSA MEYER Yeah, but broken isn't the same as unfixable.
MARISSA MEYER Sometimes your heart is the only thing worth listening to.
MARISSA MEYER One should never save cake for later when it can be eaten now.
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MARISSA MEYER What did you bring me today? Delusional mutterings with a side of crazy?
MARISSA MEYER Thorne shuffled his feet. “You know, if it was a bad kiss, you can just say so.”
She stiffe...
MARISSA MEYER There was an edge to his expression, like he didn't trust anyone who was more attractive than he was...
MARISSA MEYER Android speculation,” Kai said, pointing at Nainsi. “It’s better than regular speculation.
MARISSA MEYER She is a rose, Jest. Lovely on the eyes, yes, but such thorns are not to be ignored.
MARISSA MEYER Knees suddenly weak, she reached for his forearms to stabilize herself. “You came for me.”
...
MARISSA MEYER If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well."
"If you were a lady, you would...
MARISSA MEYER Iko, did we break into that guardhouse and broadcast Cinder's message across all of Luna?"
"Yes...
MARISSA MEYER I'm not your enemy.
MARISSA MEYER What came to mind was a dinosaur. A tiny velociraptor, no bigger than her thumb.
Relatively sma...
MARISSA MEYER She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward gla...
MARISSA MEYER Over everything, I choose you
MARISSA MEYER We both know the world would be better off without heroes. Without villains. Without any of us, gett...
MARISSA MEYER I'll fight the Gargoyle.
MARISSA MEYER She's one of us now, whether she likes it or not.
MARISSA MEYER Now we're talking. Let's go be superheroes!
MARISSA MEYER What exactly are we looking for?

Villains, doing villainous things.
MARISSA MEYER Impossible is my specialty."

-Marissa Meyer, Heartless
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MARISSA MEYER Impossible is my specialty.
MARISSA MEYER Why is a raven like a writing-desk?
MARISSA MEYER These things do not happen in dreams, dear girl,' he said, vanishing up to his neck. 'They happen on...
MARISSA MEYER A happy king makes for a happy kingdom.
MARISSA MEYER One to be a murderer, the other to be martyred, One to be a monarch, the other to go mad.
MARISSA MEYER Everyone is trying to impress everyone else. to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident ...
MARISSA MEYER Everyone is trying to impress everyone else, trying to make themselves out to be smarter or more con...
MARISSA MEYER Her satellite made one full orbit around Planet Earth every sixteen hours. It was a prison that came...
MARISSA MEYER The witch snipped off her golden hair and cast her out into a great desert
MARISSA MEYER I would have killed everyone of them to get to you. I would have done anything to get you back. Know...
MARISSA MEYER She smoothed her skirt around her knees. “This Scarlet … you’re in love with her, aren’t you...
MARISSA MEYER Emperor, right." she retacked the curtain "That's weird to say, after eighteen years of listening to...
MARISSA MEYER It’s just like the one Scarlet had.” He flipped the gun in his palms, running his thumbs along t...
MARISSA MEYER But you're the only one, Scarlet. You'll always be the only one.
MARISSA MEYER The mobile phone acts as a cursor to connect the digital and physical.
MARISSA MEYER You are not a murderer. I find it difficult to think of that as a personality flaw.
MARISSA MEYER She could be a fire hazard. Maybe we should remove her from the ship before she spontaneously combus...
MARISSA MEYER I intend to put an end to the rumors of the darling Princess Selene once and for all.
MARISSA MEYER One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad
MARISSA MEYER Right is always right. Except when left is right, naturally.
MARISSA MEYER I believe it is the mark of a great leader to question the decisions that came before him.
MARISSA MEYER Hello again,’ she said, shivering in the night air.‘Good eve, fair lady, your forgiveness we imp...
MARISSA MEYER Sweets and Tarts: The Most Wonderous Bakery in All of Hearts
MARISSA MEYER Always check your hats be-
fore donning them. You never know what might be lurking inside.
MARISSA MEYER You want to hear a riddle, you say? I know a very good one. It begins, why is a raven like a writing...
MARISSA MEYER We will all greet fate, on the other side.
MARISSA MEYER This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she'd created joy at the ti...
MARISSA MEYER Off with his head
MARISSA MEYER You know as well as I that you're going to break at least one heart before this is over, and I want ...
MARISSA MEYER Her rage split her open.
MARISSA MEYER Oh no,” she murmured, her smile thawing, falling, carried away with the undeniable, inevitable, im...
MARISSA MEYER Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife but couldn’t keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin s...
MARISSA MEYER You have my heart, Jest. I don't know if you deserve it or not. I can't tell if you're a hero or a v...
MARISSA MEYER Stuff and nonsense. Nonsense and stuff and much of a muchness and nonsense all over again. We are al...
MARISSA MEYER Now mine eyes see the heart that once we did search for, and I fear this heart shall be mended, neve...
MARISSA MEYER Her mother sneered. “Then you are a fool.”

“Good. I’ve become rather fond of fool...
MARISSA MEYER Perhaps we know each other in the future and you’re only remembering backward.
MARISSA MEYER Fascinating, isn't it, how often heroic and foolish turn out to be one and the same.
MARISSA MEYER A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back.
MARISSA MEYER When pleased, I beat like a drum. When sad, I break like glass. Once stolen, I can never be taken ba...
MARISSA MEYER The easiest way to steal something, is for it to be given willingly.
MARISSA MEYER She definitely has a crush on you. It's about the size of Jupiter.
MARISSA MEYER In a moment of weakness, he craned his head and kissed her on the shoulder, where the drop of blood ...
MARISSA MEYER You're a good guy, Thorne." She paused. "Well, you have your moments.
MARISSA MEYER She’s our lost princess. And she’s coming home.
MARISSA MEYER There was an abyss opening up between them, cutting through whatever they’d shared on the train.
MARISSA MEYER Are you here for a reason, Cheshire?

Why, yes, I would enjoy a cup of tea. I take mine wi...
MARISSA MEYER As it so happens, Mr. Jest, I’ve sometimes come to believe as many as six impossible things before...
MARISSA MEYER It meant he was sure to see Linh Cinder again.
Maybe he could learn more about her then.
M...
MARISSA MEYER In fact,” Cinder continued, “my understanding is that, under Kai—Emperor Kai—Kaito?” She r...
MARISSA MEYER Cinder has a bit of crush in him", Thorne stage-whispered.
"Don't we all?" said Iko.
MARISSA MEYER Crazy loves company, Sir Clay.
MARISSA MEYER It's a terrible shame he's a Renegade, isn't it? Otherwise, you could have asked him to stay for din...
MARISSA MEYER Scarlet and Wolf are saying gushy things in the galley," Iko said. "Normally I like gushy things, bu...
MARISSA MEYER Hey, I’m not judging. I’m familiar with IT-relations. Just wait until you meet our spaceship. Sh...
MARISSA MEYER An animal?" Thorne said, and she realized he'd been waiting for her to further explain what she was ...
MARISSA MEYER A kiss from the Captain would probably melt my central processor.”
Thorne winked at her. “...
MARISSA MEYER Cress?"
"It's beautiful out there."
A hesitation, before, "Could you be more specific?" MARISSA MEYER And the moral of that is "Once a goldfish, forever a goldfish.
MARISSA MEYER Levana knew a great deal about beauty, just as she knew a great deal about ugliness.
MARISSA MEYER You can help me pick out a tiara when we’re done saving the world.
MARISSA MEYER I guess it’s time.”
While Cress’s thoughts continued to churn through the horrible things...
MARISSA MEYER You're extra beautiful when you talk about baking. You know you're good at it, and that knowledge li...
MARISSA MEYER Over everything, I choose you.
MARISSA MEYER It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.” Cath
MARISSA MEYER I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you...
MARISSA MEYER Her mind emptied of everything but the gusting wind and how fragile Wolf looked in that heartbeat, l...
MARISSA MEYER Wow, when you research, you really research, don't you?
MARISSA MEYER Let's pick it up," the man behind her said. "How many more of the tranquilizers do you have?"
"...
MARISSA MEYER Come here, baby sister," she whispered, and despite the terror twisting inside Levana's stomach, her...
MARISSA MEYER Maybe she truly was hideous. But so long as she could deceive everyone, what did it matter?
MARISSA MEYER It's just... you never show your face, when they record you. Rumors are starting, you know. People t...
MARISSA MEYER I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours l...
MARISSA MAYER When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glass...
MARISSA MAYER I took a computer-science course to fill a prerequisite at Stanford, and I realized that every day w...
MARISSA MAYER Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing ...
MARISSA MAYER I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywher...
MARISSA MAYER You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
MARISSA MAYER