«Лунные хроники. Белоснежка» kitabından alıntılar, sayfa 14

"I'm going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is my giving a high five."

Kai's smiled brightened. "That's genius. Me too."

It did not feel like home. It felt like a place that had been built to be paradise, but had become a prison.

"My point is that I am going to figure this out, like I always do. First, we’re going to find a way to get into Artemisia. We’re going to find Cress and rescue Cinder and Wolf. We’re going to overthrow Levana, and by the stars above, we are going to make Cinder a queen so she can pay us a lot of money from her royal coffers and we can all retire very rich and very alive, got it?"

Winter started to clap. "Brilliant speech. Such gumption and bravado."

"And yet strangely lacking in any sort of actual strategy," said Scarlet.

"Oh, good, I'm glad you noticed that too," said Iko. "I was worried my processor might be glitching.

"I passed out from stress? That’s it?”

“I believe the princess term is fainted,” said Thorne.

One should never save cake for later when it can be eaten now.

Eyes narrowing, Torin took a step closer. “This isn’t about an alliance at all, is it?” “Oh, I fully intend to form an alliance with Luna.” Kai glanced at the cyborg foot again. “I just intend to put a different queen on the throne first."

Запах напомнил ей о ферме – пьянящее сочетание корма, сена и навоза

Волк вынул из ящика пистолет и глухо зарычал.

— Такой же был у Скарлет... — Он подбросил пистолет на ладони, провел пальцами по стволу. — Как-то раз она выстрелила мне в руку.

Он сказал это с такой нежностью, будто Скарлет подарила ему букет полевых цветов.

Thorne scoffed. “Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring.”

“Do you even know what you're saying half the time?” asked Cinder.

He laughed, like someone had stabbed him in the chest and he had no other choice but to find it amusing.