Lauren Kate

"Fight for the only thing she knew was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be worth risking everything... Love."

"Rule number 2 - don't listen to me!"Arriane laughed, "I'm certifiably insane!"

"In this lifetime you're nothing more than you appear to be: a stupid, selfish, ignorant, spoiled little girl who thinks the world lives or dies on whether she gets to go out with some good-looking boy at school...I'd still relish this moment...killing you."

"Arianne had her feet up on the table, wearing a striped conductor's cap.Arriane was fixated on the game. A chocolate cigar bobbed between her lips as she contemplated her next move. Roland was giving Arianne the hawk eye."Checkmate, bitch,"Arianne said triumphantly, knocking over Roland's king."