Top 500 Marissa Meyer Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “I do not know that even a sane person could recover from this. So how can I?”

— Marissa Meyer

402. “He turned her head to face him. “Please wake up.” And she did. Not like a long-sleeping princess, who might have emerged from a leisurely nap with a refreshing stretch, a graceful arch of her back, eyelids flickering groggily from such a satisfying rest. No. Nova McLain bolted upright and screamed.”

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403. “Being an Alpha means that you’ll stand against all adversity to be with your mate. It means accepting each other, both for your strengths and your flaws. It means forging your own path to happiness and to love.”

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404. “Just stay with me. Protect me, like you said you would.”

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405. “You’re extra beautiful when you talk about baking. You know you’re good at it, and that knowledge lights you up.”

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406. “After a beat, he revealed a crack in his armor. The tiniest of smiles. “What?” she asked. Rocking back on his heels, Jacin rested his hand on the knife again. “I wasn’t sure what kind of girl could make a special op go ballistic over her. I’m glad to see it’s not the stupid kind.” She.”

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407. “This woman was full of so much ignorance it was almost like she wanted to stay that way. She saw what she wanted, believed anything to support her limited view of the world.”

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408. “But no. She didn’t want to be Channary. She didn’t want her beauty, not if it came with her cruelty and selfishness as well.”

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409. “I’m going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is by giving a high five.”

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410. “Sometimes, it was better to be ignorant.”

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411. “It’s just mechanics.” Kai scooped an arm around her waist and pulled her against him. “No, it’s impressive,” he said, using the pad of his thumb to brush something off Cinder’s cheek. “Not to mention, weirdly attractive,” he said, before capturing her lips. Cinder.”

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412. “Maybe she truly was hideous. But so long as she could deceive everyone, what did it matter?”

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413. “I’m a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.”

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414. “Despite all odds, she still had this one precious life. She still had a chance to do things differently. Which meant they all could do things differently. They could choose a different future, a different fate. Together, they could end this senseless destruction. They could choose to rebuild, to create, rather than tear down and destroy.”

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415. “She was not looking at a girl in the mirror. She was looking at a machine.”

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416. “I feel like I should be going with her,” said Kinney. Snarling, Iko stepped over the fallen guard and jabbed a finger at his chest. “I have known her a lot longer than you have, mister, and if there’s one of us who should be going with her, it’s me. Now open these doors.” One.”

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417. “If you took the entire internet and laid it end to end, it would weigh more than the other thing. It would weigh more than it would if it wasn’t laid end to end. Like, if it was a ball of rolled up internet it would weigh less. I’m pretty sure. It depends on the size of the scale, I think.”

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418. “The appearance of the perfect shoes were met with another round of ahhs, and this time Cinder couldn’t contain a chuckle and shake of her head.”

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419. “I keep trying to get rid of this thing, but somehow it keeps finding its way back to me. What made you keep it?” “It occurred to me that if I could find the cyborg that fit this foot, it must be a sign we were meant to be together.”

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420. “Oh, you just look at something and figure out how it works,” Kai deadpanned, standing beside her. “Is that all?” Cinder fixed her ponytail and shrugged, suddenly embarrassed. “It’s just mechanics.” Kai scooped an arm around her waist and pulled her against him. “No, it’s impressive,” he said, using the pad of his thumb to brush something off Cinder’s cheek. “Not to mention, weirdly attractive,” he said, before capturing her lips.”

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

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

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

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

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425. “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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426. “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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427. “Because you can’t brainwash us into worshipping you like everybody else?”

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428. “One does not have to be competent to be an enemy.”

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429. “Jacin. I’m sorry that I’m not sort of pretty anymore.”

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430. “She looked like she hadn’t given a passing thought to her hair or clothes that day, maybe ever. She was pretty, but not exceptionally so. Not noticeably so, until you bothered to look. Kai realized, with some surprise, that he was looking. Which.”

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431. “To find a partner who complements us and teaches us. Who makes us stronger. Who makes us want to be our best possible self.”

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432. “Her body became liquid, and she thought, if they could bottle him, he would make the best pain medication.”

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433. “His smile was instinctive. A little bit apology, a little bit politeness. And a little bit of charm because, of all the things he’d expected to come from his trip to the market, meeting a cute girl with messy hair and dirty work gloves had definitely not been one of them.”

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434. “Hundreds of thousands of people, going about their lives. Day after day. Year after year. Generation after generation. Somehow, humanity had managed to build all of this. Despite everything that had tried to get in its way. Somehow, they prevailed. They continued on.”

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435. “That would imply we give our hearts away willingly, and I am not sure that is the case.”

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436. “You want to know another secret? The biggest secret?” She sat, splaying her legs like a broken doll in front of her. “I’m scared, Kai. I’m so scared.”

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437. “Winter barely smothered her own smirk. A doctor. What might they prescribe for the girl who was going crazy, who heard monsters clawing at her door nearly every night? But.”

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438. “I’ve already made my decision. I have as much to lose as any of them.” “She makes some good points,” said Cinder. “Surprisingly,” added Scarlet. Jacin.”

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439. “He tipped forward and kissed her on the forehead. The gentleness stilled her. “You were still the girl who fixed Nainsi,” he said. “You were still the girl who warned me about Levana’s plans. You were still the girl who wanted to save her little sister.” She.”

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440. “I just look at things and figure out how they work. Once you know how something works, you can figure out how to fix it.” She.”

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441. “Wolf had blue-checkered fabric tied around his waist.”

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442. “To know what this world could look like, what humanity could be, if only we all chose to do our best, to help others, to... to be, well, heroes.”

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443. “It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.”

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444. “Yes,” he said firmly. “We are obviously soul mates. Now please, stand up.” “You’ve probably told lots of girls you loved them.” “Well, yeah, but I would have reconsidered if I’d known you were going to hold it against me.”

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445. “Kai was looking at her again. She gulped and found that she was shaking – with anger and terror and nerves and the sensation of being captured by his brown eyes. Her.”

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446. “I would not have thought it before, but now I think Her Majesty might actually have cause to be afraid of you, Princess.”

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447. “Margaret Mearle, daughter of the Count of Crossroads, had been Catherine’s closest bosom friend since they were toddlers. Unfortunately, they had never much liked each other.”

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448. “Cath wondered if that youthful face had ever seen a true smile.”

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449. “How I find myself in the company of such an unadorned cranium, gallivanting about mazes and wells, is ever the mystery.”

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450. “Could he possibly want her as much as she wanted him? Evret.”

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