Quotes by Sara Raasch, Snow Like Ashes

“I know he sees it, because for the briefest moment he drops his expressionless mask and the look in his eyes shows me he feels the same way. A mirror of every part of myself I can't bear to face.”

“I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others.”

“No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.”

“A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down.”

“I know there are things you arent telling me. Big thingsSir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you.”

“Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen," he says in response.”

“That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice.”

“Congratulations, everyone," I announce as I open the door to Noam's study. "You've finally broken Meira, the crazy, orphaned soldier-girl. She's snapped, all thanks to the mention of floral arrange...”

“All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children.”

“In the face of all that has happened, it feels good, really good, to just breathe for a moment.”

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.”

“I know there are things you aren’t telling me. Big things…Sir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you.”