She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.


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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
Is this what’s going to make you happy?’
‘How different everything could have been, if yo...
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