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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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 (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

2 " 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 (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

3 " She kept her head high, even as her eyes stung, even as panic filled her vision with warnings and precautions.
It was not her fault he had liked her.
It was not her fault she was cyborg.
She would not apologize. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

4 " People seem to overlook an old man losing his mind if he occasionally made light of it. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

5 " What? Really? And I thought I was just emotionally withdrawn.” She pulled her feet up, hugging her knees. “I’m also incapable going to be your next brilliant observation. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

6 " It was made out to be some kind of honor, giving your life for the good of humanity, but it was really just a reminder that cyborgs were not like everyone else. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

7 " 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 (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

8 " Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed? "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

9 " I know this is stupid, but part of me felt like if I could come see you today, if I could convince you to go with me tonight, then maybe I could still change things. It's dumb, I know. It's not like Levana cares if I, you know, might have actual feelings for someone. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

10 " Right,' said Kai, 'that'll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig out my special Lunar detector, and I'll get right on that. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

11 " She was a cyborg, and she would never go to a ball. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

12 " Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?"
"I-I don't know. I mean, no. No, I'm sorry, I'm not going to the ball."
Kai drew back, confused. "Oh well... but... maybe you would change your mind? Because I am, you know."
"The prince."
"Not bragging," he said quickly. "Just a fact. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

13 " You could move to Europe."
"You know, I've actually been considering that lately."
Kai laughed again, the warmth returning to the sound. "If that's not a vote of confidence, I don't know what is. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

14 " 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 (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

15 " She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through his head. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

16 " Speaking of eye surgery, do you realize you’re missing
tear ducts?”
“What? Really? And I thought I was just emotionally
withdrawn. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

17 " All her life--at least, all the life she could remember--all she'd ever wanted was her freedom. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

18 " I am not human.
I am a cyborg.
I am mechanic.
That's all I am... right? "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

19 " His eyes softened into something almost like amusement, as if such a ragged appearance was all one could expect from a renowned mechanic. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

20 " It looks more like a rotting pumpkin. "

― Marissa Meyer , Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)