Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your li...
MARISSA MEYER I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a tur...
MARISSA MEYER But hoping," he said, "is how the impossible can be possible after all.
MARISSA MEYER Are you still waiting for me to fall in love with you?
MARISSA MEYER I promise, I will not let you die without being kissed.
MARISSA MEYER Captain,” she murmured.
“I think I’m in love with you.”
An eyebrow shot up. She c...
MARISSA MEYER A relieved grin filled up Thorne’s face. “We’re having another moment, aren’t we?”
MARISSA MEYER Have you given any thought to your wedding vows?” Kai snorted.

“Delete anything that...
MARISSA MEYER I don't know. I don't actually remember anything from before the surgery."

His eyebrows r...
MARISSA MEYER It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.
MARISSA MEYER Maybe the princess could save herself."
"That sounds like a pretty good story too.
MARISSA MEYER Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and wha...
MARISSA MEYER A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.”
“If only we had a capt...
MARISSA MEYER We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I k...
MARISSA MEYER Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. Hi...
MARISSA MEYER She cried for the girl who had never belonged. A girl who tried so hard, harder than anyone else, an...
MARISSA MEYER She was prettier than a bouquet of roses and crazier than a headless chicken. Fitting in was not an ...
MARISSA MEYER Wolf, are you asking me to be ... your alpha female?"
He hesitated.
Scarlet couldn't help ...
MARISSA MEYER He froze, becoming stone still. As the hover climbed the hill to the palace, his shoulders sank, and...
MARISSA MEYER A beating heart was skewered on its tip. It was broken, cut almost clean in half by a blackened fiss...
MARISSA MEYER Do I have permission to take control of you first? Just your bodies, not your minds."
"I've bee...
MARISSA MEYER Thorne cleared his throat. "We need to get back to the house. We've already risked drawing enough at...
MARISSA MEYER Even if I believed I was doing good- for who I am to presume what is good for others?
MARISSA MEYER «Tal vez soy un poco héroe después de todo. Pero... de verdad, Cress: solo un poco.»
MARISSA MEYER She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was-...
MARISSA MEYER Tú estabas tan segura de que yo era otra persona, y a mi me gustó que me vieras diferente de los d...
MARISSA MEYER Podía ser una esperanza frágil, pero en ese momento era su mayor esperanza.
MARISSA MEYER Iko held up a hand. "You need a system debug if you're suggesting that I would abandon you know.
MARISSA MEYER She shrank into her chair, sure that if he could see her now, he would know. The truth would be evid...
MARISSA MEYER Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.
MARISSA MEYER But was the woman's death the tragedy, or her life?
MARISSA MEYER One cannot be brave who has no fear.
MARISSA MEYER What,” Scarlet breathed, clutching the bouquet, “is this?”
Wolf smiled around his canine ...
MARISSA MEYER Do you think she is?" Her voice trembled. Her heart throbbed as she waited for him to answer. "You t...
MARISSA MEYER Love is a conquest! Love is war!
MARISSA MEYER But her grandmother had never suggested she could think the same of Scarlet. You'll be fine, she alw...
MARISSA MEYER To be all right implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of o...
MARISSA MEYER And they all lived happily to the end of their days.
MARISSA MEYER If you honestly believe that," said Thorne, stowing the gun again, "then you really don't recognize ...
MARISSA MEYER His eyes softened into something almost like amusement, as if such a ragged appearance was all one c...
MARISSA MEYER I am capable of choosing my battles, if that's what it takes to win the war.
MARISSA MEYER WINTER SPOILER - KINDA IDRK
Cinder looked away. Though so much had changed between them since t...
MARISSA MEYER I am not human.
I am a cyborg.
I am mechanic.
That's all I am... right?
MARISSA MEYER When Rapunzel saw the prince, she fell over him and began to weep, and her tears dropped into his ey...
MARISSA MEYER Linh Cinder. Such a pleasure. My master has spoken so highly of you.”

Cinder paused and...
MARISSA MEYER It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse.
MARISSA MEYER The other girl, Iko, cupped her chin with both hands. "This is so much better than a net drama.
MARISSA MEYER I passed out from stress? That’s it?”
“I believe the princess term is fainted,” said Th...
MARISSA MEYER I don't like to think of it as 'stolen'. They have no proof that I didn't plan on giving it back." MARISSA MEYER Did you know that she was cyborg?” asked a woman in an unhidden tone of disgust.
Kai stared a...
MARISSA MEYER What do you mean? Is she in a coma?”
“Not anymore.” She braced herself for his reaction.<...
MARISSA MEYER You said yourself that the people of Luna need a revolutionary.” She lifted her chin, holding his ...
MARISSA MEYER Hello?" A girl again. "I know you can hear me. I'm sorry my friend is such a wing nut. You can just ...
MARISSA MEYER I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant.
MARISSA MEYER My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between ...
MARISSA MEYER He blinked. His eyes fell as he processed her response. Then he lifted his chin and attempted a grin...
MARISSA MEYER We all have our weaknesses.”
“I know,” said Iko. “Mine is shoes.
MARISSA MEYER The doctor brushed past her and gestured at the holographic image that jutted from the net-screen. "...
MARISSA MEYER He wouldn't even dance with Levana at the stupid ball if he could help it—to hell with diplomacy.
MARISSA MEYER The queen's eyes smouldered. "I know my own kind when I see them, and right now there is one in thes...
MARISSA MEYER Steadying herself with both hands on the table, she managed an awkward bow....
'Your Highness,'...
MARISSA MEYER ...but I’m trying to be inconspicuous.”
Cinder considered telling him it wasn't working but...
MARISSA MEYER She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through hi...
MARISSA MEYER It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.
MARISSA MEYER Clearing his throat, Kai murmured, "You have no idea how to dance, do you?"
Cinder fixed her ga...
MARISSA MEYER You could move to Europe."
"You know, I've actually been considering that lately."
Kai lau...
MARISSA MEYER That you prefer to rule through fear rather than justice? So sorry, Your Majesty, I’m afraid I alr...
MARISSA MEYER She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.
MARISSA MEYER Right,' said Kai, 'that'll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go ...
MARISSA MEYER I know this is stupid, but part of me felt like if I could come see you today, if I could convince y...
MARISSA MEYER Oh, my stars! Think about Prince Kai! You could dance with Prince Kai!”
This made Cinder paus...
MARISSA MEYER Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?
MARISSA MEYER He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far out of realm, her world, that she sho...
MARISSA MEYER Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.
A deformed cyborg with a missing...
MARISSA MEYER Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I'm overheating.
MARISSA MEYER Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceivi...
MARISSA MEYER It's all right," said Wolf. "You loved her. I would feel the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet...
MARISSA MEYER Let me guess,” Thorne said. “Breaking and entering?”
After a long silence of examining th...
MARISSA MEYER Thorne blinked at her, then down at the sewage he could barely make out in the darkness. "Don't you ...
MARISSA MEYER Bending his head, Kai pressed his lips to her knuckles. The plating had no nerve endings, and yet th...
MARISSA MEYER Now, let's never talk about you being related to her again. Because I'm technically still engaged to...
MARISSA MEYER I'm going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is my giving a high five.'...
MARISSA MEYER My point is that I am going to figure this out, like I always do. First, we’re going to find a way...
MARISSA MEYER But I'm a wanted fugitive, like Cinder." Thorne continued. "They do realise I'm missing, don't they?...
MARISSA MEYER Not doing pictures these days?" Jacin muttered as they hurried through the shop. "How very Lunar of ...
MARISSA MEYER Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?”
Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fer...
MARISSA MEYER Finally, Cinder gulped. "I'm sorry I had to --" She gestured at the unconscious wedding coordinator,...
MARISSA MEYER See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pea...
MARISSA MEYER When Kai fell silent, she risked a glance at him. He was staring at her hands [which she always hold...
MARISSA MEYER Thorne scoffed. “Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring.”<...
MARISSA MEYER Come on, Iko.”
Iko was still hiding, hugging herself self-consciously. “Is he looking?” MARISSA MEYER He leaned forward to inspect her closer. "Is that all hair?"

... Sudden, overwhelming pan...
MARISSA MEYER All right, Miss Cryptic. What's the new plan, then?"
Glancing around the room, Cinder tipped up...
MARISSA MEYER Cinder twisted up her lips. "Do you think it could have a virus?"
"Maybe her programming was ov...
MARISSA MEYER Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?"
"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.
MARISSA MEYER Did you see any rice in there? Maybe we could fill Cinder's head with it."

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.
MARISSA MEYER Tapping a finger against the flesh of her elbow, she deadpanned, “Jacin Clay, there is an assassin...
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
MARISSA MEYER Besides, if you ever did eat some bad food, I could still find a use for you. I've always wanted a c...
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 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 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