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“We’re playing Three Wishes,�� she told her friend. “Cake, hot bath, soft bed. How about you?��
“World peace,�� said Karou.
Zuzana rolled her eyes. “Yes, Saint Karou.��
“Cure for cancer,�� Karou went on. “And unicorns for all.��
“Bluh. Nothing ruins Three Wishes like altruism. It has to be something for yourself, and if it doesn’t include food, it’s a lie.��
“I did include food. I said unicorns, didn’t I?��
“Mmm. You’re craving unicorn, are you?�� Zuzana’s brow furrowed. “Wait. Do they have those here?��
“Alas, no.��
“They did,�� said Mik. “But Karou ate them all.��
“I am a voracious unicorn predator.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“Scientist and smart fellow learner-of-stuff, want to do samurai-monster training with us? We intend to become dangerous.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“What a lovely display of personhood. He's like a good book cover that grabs your gaze. Read me. I'm fun but smart. You won't be able to put me down.”
― Laini Taylor, Night of Cake & Puppets

“World peace for dinner," mused Mik, scratching his beard stubble. "Does that come with fries?"

"It freaking better," said Zuzana. "Or I will send it freaking back.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“The humans were sitting cross-legged on the floor in a circle of soldiers, pointing at things and learning more Chimaera words: salt, rat, eat, which unfortunate combination led to Zuzana rejecting the meat on her plate.
"I think it's chicken," Mik said, taking a bite.
"I'm just saying there were a lot more rats around here earlier."
"Circumstantial evidence." Mik took another bite and said, in passable Chimaera and to guffaws of laughter, "Salty delicious rat."
"It's chicken," insisted one of the Shadows That Live. Karou wasn't sure which it was, but she was flapping her arms like wings, and even producing chicken bones to prove it.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“There was, between her and Mik, a fairy-tale promise: that when he had performed three heroic tasks, he could ask for her hand. She’d meant it in jest, but he’d taken it to heart, and was only one task down out of three—though secretly Zuzana accepted his fixing the air-conditioning in their last hotel room as a heroic act and counted it.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

“When it turned out that he could, Karou dropped to her knees to genuflect. "Gods of math and physics," she intoned, "I accept your gift of this clever fair-haired boy”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“When he started to renew his protest, she held up a hand. "What are you more afraid of: them or me with low blood sugar?”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into kiss preparedness mode way too early, to the detriment of things like speech, and walking.”
― Laini Taylor, Night of Cake & Puppets

“- Estamos jugando a pedir tres deseos. Los míos son un pastel, un baño caliente y una cama mullida. ¿Y tú qué quieres?
- La paz en el mundo.
- Sí, santa Karou.
- La cura para el cáncer. Y unicornios para todos.
- Bah. Nada arruina este juego como el altruismo. Tiene que ser algo para ti, y si no incluye comida, es mentira.
- He incluido comida. He dicho unicornios, ¿no?
- Mmmm. ¿Tienes antojo de unicornios? Espera. ¿Los hay aquí?
- Lamentablemente no.
- Los había, pero Karou se los comió todos.
- Soy una voraz depredadora de unicornios.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters