{"author":"Julie Kagawa","author_id":"Julie+Kagawa","total_quotes":148,"quotes":[{"text":"Nothing is certain,” he murmured. “The future is constantly changing, and no one can predict what happens next. We have the power to change our destiny, because fate is not set in stone, and we are always free to make a choice.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["ash","destiny"],"id":2761,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"The closer you got to someone, the more it would destroy you when they were inevitably gone.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["allison-sekemoto","vampire"],"id":4000,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"My name is Ferrum. I was the first, born of the forges, when mankind first began to experiment with iron. I rose from their imagination, from their ambition to conquer the world with a metal that could slice through bronze like paper. I was there when the world started to shift, when humans took their first steps out of the Dark Ages into civilization. For many years, I thought I was alone. But mankind is never satisfied. Others came, risen from these dreams of a new world... Then, with the invention of computers, the gremlins came, and the bugs. Given life by the fear of monsters lurking in machines, these were more chaotic than the other fey, violent and destructive. They spread to every part of the world. As technology became a driving force in every country, powerful new fey rose into existence. Virus. Glitch. And Machina, the most powerful of all.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["science"],"id":9255,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"I think our last kiss was meant to be quick and chaste, but after the first touch of his lips fire leaped up and roared through my belly. My fingers yanked him close, digging into his back, and his arms crushed me to him as if wanting to meld us together. I knotted my fingers in his hair and bit down on his bottom lip, making him groan. His lips parted, and my tongue swept in to dance with his. There was nothing sweet or gentle in our last kiss; it was filled with sorrow and desperation, of the bitter knowledge that we could've had something perfect, but it just wasn't meant to be.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["desire","desperation","forbidden-fruit","love"],"id":12685,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"Shark!' I yelled as my feet hit the wet sand. 'There's a shark out there! Everyone get out of the water!'Man, you want to see humans move fast? Scream that on a crowded beach and watch what happens. Its amazing the fear people have for a scaly, sharp toothed predator. I watched the water empty in seconds, parents scooping up their children and heading to shore, desperate to get out of the ocean, and found it a little ironic. They were so terrified of the big, nasty monster out in the water, when there was a bigger, nastier, deadlier one right here on the beach.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragons"],"id":14591,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"It always starts out that way,' Kanin said, and his voice was distant, as if remembering. 'Noble intentions, honor among new vampires. Vows to not harm humans, to take only what is needed, to not hunt them like sheep through the night.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["blood-of-eden","eternity","forever","immortal-rules","julie-kagawa","sad","vampires"],"id":19214,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"If I was in Talon, I would be the one in charge, I'd be the one calling the shots. I wouldn't have to take pointless exams, listen to humans or worry that my every move was being watched. In Talon, dragons were the bosses, the presidents, the CEOs. If I was a part of the organization, no one would tell me what to do ever again.I would have to let some things go. I t might be painful, but in the end, it would be worth it. Sacrifice was necessary, but I would be free.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragons","paranormal-urban-fantasy"],"id":23651,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"Those eyes. I felt like they pierced right through me; that if I didn't break away now, they would peel me open to see what lay beneath. Deep within, the dragon stirred, growling. She didn't like this human, I realized. Maybe he scared her, or the intensity of his gaze reminded her of a predator. Or maybe she felt that, if I stared at him much longer, I would lose myself in those stormy eyes and forget all about a certain golden-eyed rogue, waiting for me in the darkness.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragons"],"id":25590,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"Ember was mine. The other half of me. And I would fight Talon, St George, and the entire d world to keep her safe.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["dragon-romance","dragons","ember","julie-kagawa","lifemate","possessive-hero","soulmates","young-adult"],"id":25834,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"},{"text":"She turned suddenly, and before I could react, framed my face with her hands and pressed her lips to mine.I froze, mostly in shock, but after a moment my body uncoiled and I closed my eyes, relaxing into her. I remembered this; the feel of her lips on mine,cool and soft, the touch of her fingers on my skin. I remembered her scent, those long nights when we would lie under the cold, frozen stars,dreaming in each other’s arms.For a second, my body reacted instinctively. I started to pull us closer, to wrap my arms around her and return the kiss with equal passion…but, thenI stopped.I remembered this perfectly; every shining moment with Ariella was forever etched into my mind. What we’d had, what we’d shared, everything. I’dbuilt a shrine to her in my memories, carefully tended with grief and anger and regret. I knew every inch of our relationship, the passion, the feelingof emptiness when we weren’t together, the longing and, yes, the love. I had been in love with Ariella. I remembered what she’d meant to me once,what I’d felt for her then……and what I didn’t feel for her now.","author":"Julie Kagawa","tags":["ariella","ash","forgotten-feelings","kiss","love"],"id":26262,"author_id":"Julie+Kagawa"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":148,"pages":15,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}