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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) QUOTES

1 " Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

2 " Knees suddenly weak, she reached for his forearms to stabilize herself. “You came for me.”

He beamed, looking for all the world like a selfless, daring hero.

“Don’t sound so surprised.” Dropping the cane, he pulled her into a crushing embrace that tore her away from Wolf and lifted her clean off the floor. “It turns out you are worth a lot of money on the black market. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

3 " See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I’m disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.”

Jacin’s concern turned fast to annoyance. “Your ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?”

“Iko. My name is Iko. If you don’t stop calling me the ‘ship,’ I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?”

“Yeah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.”

“What? You can’t mute me. Cinder! "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

4 " Captain! To your left there’s a Lunar guard and on your right is a doctor who’s running tests on Lunars and I’m being held by one of Levana’s wolf hybrids and please be careful!”

Thorne took a step back into the hallway a gun from his waistband. He spent a moment swiveling the barrel of the gun in each direction, but nobody moved to attack him.

With some surprise, Cress realized that the operative’s grip had weakened.

“Er…” Thorne furrowed his brow, aiming the gun somewhere near the window. “Could you describe all those threats again because I feel like I missed something. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

5 " Linh Cinder. Such a pleasure. My master has spoken so highly of you.”

Cinder paused and studied her again. “Who are you?”

“I’m called Darla. I am Captain Thorne’s mistress.”

Cinder blinked. “Excuse me?”

“He asked me to stay and keep watch over the vehicle,” she said. “He’s just gone inside to be heroic. I’m sure he’ll be glad to know you’re here. I believe he’s under the impression that you’re out in space somewhere. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

6 " I believe it is the mark of a great leader to question the decisions that came before him. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

7 " I am an explorer,' she whispered, 'setting courageously off into the wild unknown.' It was not a daydream she'd ever had before, but she felt the familiar comfort of her imagination wrapping around her. She was an archeologist, a scientist, a treasure hunter. She was a master of land and sea. 'My life is an adventure.' she said, growing confident as she opened her eyes again. 'I will not be shackled to this satellite anymore.'

Thorne tilted his head to one side. He waited for three heartbeats before sliding one hand down into hers. 'I have no idea what you're talking about,' he said. 'But we'll go with it. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

8 " I guess it’s time.”
While Cress’s thoughts continued to churn through the horrible things that could happen to her, she felt herself being suddenly spun around and dipped backward, a supportive arm scooping beneath her back. She yelped and caught herself on Thorne’s shoulder.
Then he was kissing her. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

9 " If this is how you feel about a desert, I can't wait until you see your first real tree. Your mind will explode. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

10 " Her satellite made one full orbit around Planet Earth every sixteen hours. It was a prison that came with an endlessly breathtaking view— vast blue oceans and swirling clouds and sunrises that set half the world on fire. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

11 " You're asking the cyborg fugitive and the wild animal to be the welcoming committee? That's adorable. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

12 " But you are crazy.”

“I know.” She lifted a small box from the basket. “Do you know how I know?”

Scarlet didn't answer.

“Because the palace walls have been bleeding for years, and no one else sees it.” She shrugged, as if this were a perfectly normal thing to say. “No one believes me, but in some corridors, the blood has gotten so thick there's nowhere safe to step. When I have to pass through those places, I leave a trail of bloody footprints for the rest of the day, and then I worry that the queen's soldiers will follow the scent and eat me up while I'm sleeping. Some nights I don't sleep very well.” Her voice dropped to a haunted whisper, her eyes taking on a brittle luminescence. “But if the blood was real, the servants would clean it up. Don't you think? "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

13 " I haven't used my glamour since I was twelve years old,” she whispered, gaze piercing as if it were very important to her that Scarlet understand this. “Not since I was old enough to control it. That's why the visions come to me. That's why I'm going mad. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

14 " You said yourself that the people of Luna need a revolutionary.” She lifted her chin, holding his gaze. “So I’m going to Luna, and I’m going to start a revolution. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

15 " Finally, Cinder gulped. "I'm sorry I had to --" She gestured at the unconscious wedding coordinator, then waved her hand like shaking it off. "But she'll be fine, I swear. Maybe a little nauseous when she comes to, but otherwise...And your android...Nainsi, right? I had to disable her. And her backup processor. But any mechanic can return her to defaults in about six seconds, so..." She rubbed anxiously at her wrist. "Oh, and we ran into your captain of the guard in the hallway, and a few other guards, and I may have scared him and he's, um, unconscious. Also. But, really, they'll all be fine. I swear." Her lips twitched into a brief, nervous smile. "Um...hello, again. By the way. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

16 " 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 (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

17 " Hey, I’m not judging. I’m familiar with IT-relations. Just wait until you meet our spaceship. She’s a riot. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

18 " Captain?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
He squinted and, after a thoughtful moment, shook his head. "No. I'm pretty sure it was Cinder. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

19 " When Rapunzel saw the prince, she fell over him and began to weep, and her tears dropped into his eyes "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

20 " The other girl, Iko, cupped her chin with both hands. "This is so much better than a net drama. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)