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“Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.”
“We walked through the streets with our protectors. We wore our dresses. We gave up our education because that was the price of safety. That was the bargain we made with the devil we knew to escape ...”
“Let Ian laugh. Let him believe pain will ruin me. I know better. I've already been ruined once, and I know how to rise from the ashes. I know how to find my broken pieces.”
“Tears don't bring people back." Pain stabs from my chest to my fingertips."Tears aren't for the people we've lost. They are for us. So that we can remember and celebrate and miss them and feel human.”
“I love you best, and I'll miss you forever.”
“Tears aren't for the people we've lost. They're for us. So we can remember, and celebrate, and miss them, and feel human.”
“Sylph and Jodi return to my side, each carrying a cloth sack full of chickweed. I wrap my arm around Sylph's waist and give her a quick squeeze. "Lesson's over for today. I have something to discus...”
“Healing is the hardest thing you'll ever do.' ~Quinn”
“I ache to hear her tell me she loves me, but forcing her to put words to how she feels pushes her further into the silence she seems comfortable calling home now. I tell myself to be patient and un...”
“Thad: “But this is a boy, and you need to think of your reputation if you’re spending time alone with him—”Ari: ”Learning how to put a man's eye out or take him down at the knees. Very romantic stu...”
“Of course, I believe most of the older noblemen are actually bringing their sons - only ones eligible for marriage, of course - to dance with me. The consensus seems to be that I would make a prett...”
“Don’t let the bad leg fool you, son. If you hurt my princess, I will be the nightmare you never see coming.”
“Gabril’s voice was strong and sure. “I believe in you, and I’ve fought for you, because in a world full of people who crumble before an evil too terrifying to comprehend, you put up your fists and ...”
“Please tell me you're not that stupid.Rachel to Melkin”
“You don't go into battle because you're sure of victory. You go into battle because it's the right thing to do.”
“I never thought it was fair that anatomy decided what my brain was fit for.”
