Malinda Lo

I don't believe in worrying. It's a waste of energy.

All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.

She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows, even the glint of blue-green where the sun struck just so.

The world is inviolable: it has no beginning and no end. Those who seek to change it will be changed.

Kissing Amber was like falling into the sea: Her body surrendered to the pull of the tide, buoyed by the saltwater, every breath tasting like the ocean. Reese lost all sense of where the surface was. All there was, was this. Amber__ lips, her tongue, her hands stroking back Reese__ hair, curling around her head and holding her steady. If their first kiss had been a bit awkward, that was gone now.

I would make a poor princess,' she said. 'Why?''Have you ever wished to be a princess?' Ash challenged her. 'That depends,' Kaisa said. 'On what?''On whether I'd have to marry a prince,' she said and her tone was lighthearted, inviting Ash to share her smile.