“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.”

“How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?”

“We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. The Revolution is in the individual spirit, o...”

“To be out of touch with a society in which women have internalized their subjugation is an admirable thing.”