“Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one's soul so entangled in it that you can't let it go, even if you try. If you feel it--if you really feel it--then you speak it like it's a still-beating heart clenched in your fist and there's blood running down your arm, dripping off your elbow, and you can't let go.”

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.