“Im alive, he groaned. But Im not doing a very good job of it.”

“And turnips - endless ruptured turnips.”

“Perrotte frowned. Id like to turn a plowshare into a sword , she said. Id cut our way out of those thorns, and then use it to run my enemies through She bit off her next words and swallowed them. S...”

“The truth is . . . Well, the truth is the truth, and thus worth telling, but sometimes truths are so complicated that its exhausting to get them out in the right order. He glanced up at her. That s...”

“Saint Melors father was Saint Meliau.Was everyone in Bertayn a saint, back in the day?Everyone who didnt murder anyone, maybe, Perrotte said.”

“The shrine I prayed at not to go to university, Sand said.I guess your prayer was answered, Perrotte said.Sand strongly considered throwing something at herbut there was nothing to hand that wasnt ...”

“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.”

“Sometimes it just feels really really wonderful to be alive.”

“If youre not happy, then something is wrong. A person comes into the world as a happy being, yet over time, the happiness fades away and they find themselves in this bubble of anxiety and misery al...”

“Life has a way of going in circles. Ideally, it would be a straight path forwardwe'd always know where we were going, we'd always be able to move on and leave everything else behind. There would be...”

“Hiding behind titles to create security is insecurity.”

“Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.”

“A bit of fantasy can be good for ones heart”

“and the castle in which she dwelt was a prison to her; and sometimes sudden fits of gusty passion would overtake her, for weariness grew to hate, and hate to wrath,"The Serpent's Head”

“It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.”