{"author":"Maria V. Snyder","author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder","total_quotes":52,"quotes":[{"text":"I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on my side in a fight. But for a rat to like the cat? That scenario ended only one way. With one dead rat.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["couple","fight","spy","spying"],"id":14566,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"But they fight in the name of the creator.' 'I don't care if they fight in the name of broccoli. The goal remains the same.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["broccoli","creator","fight"],"id":35391,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"Hasn’t stopped us before. And besides, if they wanted to kill us, we’d be dead by now and would be having an entirely different conversation. I wonder if I’d still be mad at you, or if we would talk in words or pictures. Maybe in smells. That would be cool.” -Janco.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["after-death","afterlife-speculation","funny-and-random","funny-but-true","funny","humor","thought-provoking"],"id":43540,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"They were my family, yet they were strangers.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["family","strangers"],"id":52395,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"Why did Mother ask you to help me rescue Gelsi?' I asked Leif.'She thought I could assist you in some way. Instead, I had tried to-'Kill me? You can join the 'I Want to Kill Yelena Guild.' I hear they have sixmembers in good standing.Valek is president since he had wanted to kill me twice.'--Yelena to Leif.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["humor","leif","yelena"],"id":55345,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"With a touch of sarcasm. “Glass is an amazing material. Versatile,.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["kindlehighlight"],"id":62754,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"Is there anything else you haven't told me?'My head spun. So much had happened and we still needed to stop a powerful magician. Death was a real possibility. I needed Valek to know how I felt.'I love you'Valek wrapped me in his arms. 'My love has been yours since the fire festival. If those goons had killed you, I knew then that I would never be the same. I didn't want or expect this. But I couldn't resist you.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["death","feelings","love","resist","truth"],"id":65660,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you...But you slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["maria-v-snyder","poison-study","romantic","valek"],"id":72428,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"Valek was liquid in motion. As I watched him, one word came to mind: beautiful.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["fighting","posion-study","valek","yelena"],"id":77680,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"},{"text":"It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch.'- Valek to Yelena.","author":"Maria V. Snyder","tags":["dirty","fantasy","fight","humor","valek","yelena"],"id":81425,"author_id":"Maria+V.+Snyder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":52,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}