Marissa Meyer Quotes

“I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“All right, Miss Cryptic. What's the new plan, then?"
Glancing around the room, Cinder tipped up her chin. "It starts with kidnapping the groom."
Iko's hand shot into the air.
"Yes, Iko?"
"That is the best idea ever. Count me in.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“One cannot be brave who has no fear.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your life. What would you do?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far out of realm, her world, that she should have stopped thinking about him the second the door had closed. Should stop thinking about him immediately. Should never think about him again, except maybe as a client--and her prince.
And yet, the memory of his fingers against her skin refused to fade.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“And they all lived happily to the end of their days.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“To be all right implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of our days.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?”
Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that she hadn’t had the gift before? That she couldn’t have used it against him? “I would never lie—”
The words faded. She had lied. Everything he knew about her had been a lie.
“I’m so sorry,” she finished, the words falling lamely in the open air.
Kai peeled his eyes away, finding some place of resignation off in the glistening garden. “You’re even more painful to look at than she is.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“If you honestly believe that," said Thorne, stowing the gun again, "then you really don't recognize true value when you see it.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Love is a conquest! Love is war!”
― Marissa Meyer, Fairest

“My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between her fingers. "Believe me, Cinder. You are a sacrifice I will never regret.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“But her grandmother had never suggested she could think the same of Scarlet. You'll be fine, she always said, after a skinned knee, after a broken arm, after her first youthfull heartbreak. You'll be fine, because you're strong, like me.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“Keep your head in the clouds and your hands on the keyboard.”
― Marissa Meyer

“Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“When Rapunzel saw the prince, she fell over him and began to weep, and her tears dropped into his eyes”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Do you think she is?" Her voice trembled. Her heart throbbed as she waited for him to answer. "You think they've killed her?"
Every moment wrapped around Scarlet's neck, strangling her, until the only possiblbe word from Wolf's mouth had to be yes. Yes, she was dead. Yes, she was gone. They'd 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 don't think they've 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.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“She wasn't a Renegade.
She was Nightmare.
And she did not like to be seen.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“Do I have permission to take control of you first? Just your bodies, not your minds."
"I've been waiting for you to admit you wanted my body.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“You’re my princess, right? You were always going to be my princess, no matter what you were born, no matter who your dad married.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Perhaps we know each other in the future and you're only remembering backward.

- The Joker”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Ah, but you can't be Frank. You've already told me that your name is Catherine.”

- The Joker”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“I meant no offense. A laugh like that is richer than gold to a man of my position. I will make it my life's work to hear the sound again. Every day, if it pleases you. No—twice a day, and at least once before breakfast. A royal joker must set the highest of expectations.

- The Joker”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“A crown doesn't really do much of anything. Just sits on one's head, quite useless. Oh, I suppose it sparkles.'

- Catherine”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Gossiping always leads to spoiled milk.'

- Margaret”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Impossible is my specialty.'

- Joker”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Your so-called morals are nothing but an excuse to act better than the rest of us. To treat us as though we are not as clever or as righteous as you, when really, all you're doing is trying to hide your own insecurities! It's childish and contemptible and I've put up with it long enough.'

- Catherine”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Let me give you the heart of a queen.'

- Catherine”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Forse incontrerete una ragazza al ballo" suggerì Torin. "Avrete una storia travolgente, sarete sempre felici e contenti e non avrete più preoccupazioni per il resto dei vostri giorni."
Kai provò a scoccargli un'occhiataccia ma non riuscì a sostenere il suo sguardo. Torin scherzava così raramente. "Idea brillante, perché non ci ho pensato io?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder