Top 500 Marissa Meyer Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “There is no I in hero.”

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352. “They are going to laugh at you and mock you and then they are going to – ” “Eat me. Yes. I understand.” “You don’t seem to be grasping the meaning behind the words. This isn’t a metaphor. I’m talking about huge teeth and digestive systems.” “Fat and bones and marrow and meat,” Winter sang. “We only wanted a snack to eat.” Scarlet grunted. “You can be so disturbing.”

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353. “Ideally, a lady will have three toys at once. One to romance her, one to bed her, and one to adorn her with very expensive jewelry.”

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354. “I like you too, despite my better judgment.” “You’d be surprised how often I hear that.”

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355. “This is why,” he whispered, and it occurred to Winter that, at some point, he’d started crying too. “This is why I can’t leave you, Winter. This is why I’ll never leave.”

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356. “You may be an idiot, but I assure you, you’re quite a lovable one.”

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357. “Whatever he’d once felt for Cinder – or thought he’d felt for her – was over.”

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358. “And they all lived happily to the end of their days.”

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359. “What happened? Why is the ship screaming?”

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360. “Her fingertips tentatively curled around the hair at the back of his neck, and she found that she was shaking, sure he would push her away at any moment. But he didn’t. He did not pull away. Did not grimace.”

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361. “This dress won’t fit without a twenty-two-inch waist, although just once I’d like to see you down to twenty.”

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362. “I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.”

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363. “If I were to go around glamouring people all day, I would at least make myself seem taller, don’t you think?”

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364. “Rampion, ready for liftoff!” The dash lit up with controls and screens – only the most important ones. The same sterile feminine voice came over the ship’s speakers. “Thorne, I can’t set the automatic lift. You’re going to have to take off manually.” He gaped at the controls. “Why is my ship talking back to me?” “It’s me, you idiot!” He cocked his ear toward the speaker. “Cinder?”

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365. “We think that if we choose to do good only good, then we are only good. We can make people happy. We can offer tranquility or contentment or love, and that must be good. We do not see the falsehood becoming its own brand of cruelty.”

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366. “The world needs heroes.”

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367. “Er ontbreekt iets... Een klein groen vuurvliegje. – Dokter Erland.”

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368. “Kai froze when his eyes landed on the desk and he started to laugh. On the corner of the desk sat a small, grime-filled cyborg foot. “You’re kidding,” he said, picking it up. “I thought it was becoming a token of good luck,” said Torin. “Although in hindsight, I can’t imagine what led me to think that.” Smiling.”

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369. “If we’re going to be sneaking into New Beijing Palace while Levana is there, why don’t we just assassinate her?”

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370. “They said she’d killed her niece, her only threat to the throne. Princess Selene had only been three years old when a fire caught in her nursery, killing her and her nanny. Some conspiracy theorists thought the princess had survived and was still alive somewhere, waiting for the right time to reclaim her crown and end Levana’s rule of tyranny, but Cinder knew it was only desperation that fueled these rumors. After all, they’d found traces of the child’s flesh in the ashes.”

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371. “Her soldiers? You mean, her mutant wolf soldiers? Are you insane?” Winter started to giggle. “I might as well be,” she said, placing a hand on Thorne’s cheek. “For everyone tells me so.”

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372. “And I want to hear Cinder’s opinion.” Cinder stopped poking the pliers around the engine as the memory of his easy smile rushed into her. Though.”

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373. “She thought there would be comfort in knowing there was nothing you could do to avoid death. Those who came before the queen having already accepted their fate seemed to have an easier time of it.”

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374. “Winter tilted her head in Scarlet’s direction. A spiral of black hair fell across her cheek, obstructing her scars. “What did you bring me today?” Scarlet asked. “Delusional mutterings with a side of crazy? Or is this one of your good days?”

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375. “We were just discussing Earth’s relationship with Luna when you deigned to join us.” Kai clasped his hands together. “Right. Now, is that the one where the dominatrix queen throws a tantrum and threatens war every time she doesn’t get her way? That relationship?”

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376. “She sounded about as displeased as a cat who’d just cornered a mouse.”

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377. “If she was alive, she would be the rightful heir to the Lunar throne. She could end Levana’s reign. She could save them all.”

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378. “Well,” Cinder finally grumbled. “I guess that was pretty fast thinking.” A relieved grin filled up Thorne’s face. “We’re having another moment, aren’t we?”

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379. “There are amazing opportunities all over the world for women, and I think that there’s more good that comes out of positive energy around that than negative energy.”

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380. “She would risk her life to protect either one of us! She would risk her life for a stranger if it was the right thing to do. But all you care about is yourself.”

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381. “Oh, yuck,” said Iko, trying to cover the hole with both hands. “I hate when my wiring is showing.” “I know the feeling.”

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382. “Estimated time of arrival is nine minutes, thirty-four seconds. Which, by my estimation, is enough time for Cinder to be defeated and embarrassed in seven more brawls.” Cinder glared up at the ceiling. “Also just enough time to disconnect your audio device.”

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383. “Cress’s adrenaline was pumping like jet fuel through her veins as she scanned the room. She was surrounded by invisi-screens and holographs and programming, and the familiarity of it all made the knot in her stomach loosen. Instinct and habit. She formed a checklist in her mind.”

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384. “I hate to agree with Thorne,” said Cinder, “I mean, I really hate to agree with him, but.”

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385. “Thorne cleared his throat. “We need to get back to the house. We’ve already risked drawing enough attention, and she... ” He looked at Winter. There was an edge to his expression, like he didn’t trust anyone who was more attractive than he was. “... will definitely draw attention.”

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386. “Iko snorted – a derisive sound that Cinder hadn’t even thought escorts were capable of making. Staring.”

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387. “Scarlet and I are going to start a missing-fingers club. We might let Cinder be an honorary member.”

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388. “It is a beautiful irony that the great queen we’ve ever had is the first to take off her crown.”

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389. “You saved me.” “You wouldn’t have needed saving if it wasn’t for me.”

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390. “I passed out from stress? That’s it?” “I believe the princess term is fainted,” said Thorne. Cinder smacked him.”

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391. “For my next trick, I will win a staring contest with the moron in orange sunglasses.”

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392. “Which must be nonsense.” “I rather enjoy nonsense.”

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393. “The man, a huge grin spreading over his face, was slower to stand, first grabbing a cane from against the wall. “Welcome aboard the Rampion, Your Magesticness. Captain Carswell Thorne, at your service.” He bowed.”

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394. “You can wear ruffles; you can be a jock, and you can still be a great computer scientist, or a great technologist, or a great product designer.”

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395. “Because you can’t brainwash us into worshipping you like everybody else?”

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396. “Cheshire’s yellow eyes slitted as he held her gaze for one beat, two. Then he began to unravel from the tip of his tail, a slow unwinding of his stripes. ‘These things do not happen in dreams, dear girl,’ he said, vanishing up to his neck. ‘They happen only in nightmares.”

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397. “You are here to supply us with shell blood so that we might study your deficiencies and, perhaps, someday we will know how to fix you. When that day comes, you will be reintroduced as full citizens of Luna.” Her words turned sharp. “But until that day, you have no place in civilized society, and no purpose beyond the blood that runs through your veins. Reading is a privilege that you have not earned.”

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398. “Seeing that smile, Cress melted. Every. Time.”

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399. “Yeah, I am afraid that I’m going to fail again,” she said, still peering into the nothingness of Phobia’s face. “But one cannot be brave who has no fear.”

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400. “Heroism wasn’t about what you could do, it was about what you did.”

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