“The function of hate, as Sarai saw it, was to stamp out compassion—to close a door in one's own self and forget it was ever there. If you had hate, then you could see suffering—and cause it—and feel nothing except perhaps a sordid vindication.”

American young adult fantasy author

Laini Taylor is an American young adult fantasy author. She is a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature and is best known for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Strange the Dreamer, and Muse of Nightmares. Her work sits in the fantasy branch of young adult fiction and has drawn particular notice for its imaginative worlds and series writing. She is represented here with 121 quotes on the site.