Cinder twisted up her lips. "Do you think it could have a virus?" "Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai's uncanny hotness.

Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.

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.

I have a glitch, too. Sometimes I forget that I’m not human. I don’t think that happens to most androids.

My only mistake was in waiting too long to be rid of you", Adri said, running the washcloth between her fingers. "Believe me, Cinder. You are a sacrifice I will never regret.

Imagine there was a cure, but finding it would cost you everything. It would completely ruin your life. What would you do?

Keep your head in the clouds and your hands on the keyboard.

I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant.

You have no idea how to dance, do you?” Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. “I’m a mechanic.

I lied to you about a lot of things....but I meant every apology.

The better to eat you with, my dear.

Your posture is the key to your personal and professional foundation.

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence...

...from schools to universities to research institutes, we teach about origins in disconnected fragments. We seem incapable of offering a unified account of how things came to be the way they are.

It is absolutely essential that one should be neutral and not fall in love with the hypothesis.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.

What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.

Today is not bad just because yesterday seemed better.

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

Warmth is to sun, as truth is to me.