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“No matter what, I would never let the people who wanted me to break see how much damage they had inflicted.”
― Rachel L. Schade, Silent Kingdom

“The dragons watched her. It was said they could see the deepest secrets of a soul, for human beings were made of water, and all water was theirs.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Sometimes you must make answers when there are none.”
― Cora Carmack, Roar

“La belleza de los misterios está en que estos permanezcan como misterios”
― Michelle Ferrer, El Bosque de Aláira

“I opened my eyes and watched the water stream past me. I let out some of my air and gazed at the cascade of silver bubbles dancing up to the surface.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“In another kingdom, her secrets wouldn't matter.”
― Rebecca K. Sampson, Ember Dragon Daughter

“She was not in the body of a young woman but just as I remembered her: a little toddler with a beautiful smile. She reached out with her small hand, and I gripped her tiny fingers as I let go of the pain and sank deeper into the lake.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamplight. Even now when I was nearly asleep, I could recognise her. Her shoulders were hunched up as if she was upset. Whether she was upset that she had nearly killed me or that she had let me get away, I was unsure. Then she turned around and walked to join the other silhouettes standing in a group farther back. Now I could not see which one was Rose �� they were all joint together to make one.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“After a while Luce curled up with her head leaning on a rock, wondering why she wasn't consumed with despair. Instead she felt an inexplicable sense of peace. She was cradled in music. The rocks around her chanted like slow, growling bells, and each curl of the water stroked her fins with silky notes. She'd been so afraid of leaving her tribe, but she understood that she never would have heard the music resonating out of every crook of the world if she hadn't taken so many risks. She'd opened her heart to the music of solitude, and it had come to her.”
― Sarah Porter

“I stood at the grassy edge and tentatively dipped my toe into the water. I watched the ripple spread and break the perfect reflection before composing itself. The ripple then rushed towards a mass of rocks to one side.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“And then I knew that despite all the pain and hard work all of us had gone through, despite the sadness and anger we felt, in the end, everything was going to be fine.
But I did not know when the end was, or if it was even near.
But that did not matter.
I preferred to look towards it in anticipation rather than worry about it. One new day equalled to one new adventure. And right now, I still had plenty of days left in my life. So I did not decide to sit down and plan out my life.
Instead, I decided to sit back, relax, and see where life would take me.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“Perhaps Cadoett was just a splendid tomb, and the ocean was a tender songbird humming a noble tale.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“Death cannot be fooled or bought. Best be gone than left to rot.”
― Rachel Menard, Steel Hand, Cold Heart

“We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they always have a shoulder for us to cry on or relieve stress. They take our minds away from the real world by telling us captivating stories. When we look back at our choice of books, we can nostalgically recall our younger years.”
― Erica Sehyun Song

“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was not real.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“The four of us stood in silence as we watched the surrounding girls play games or gossip. It was almost as if I did not belong here anymore. It was like I was peering in through a window from a completely different world.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“Time is a funny thing. You can go through it and meddle with it, but nothing can stay permanent. So even if everything so far had not happened, time would still have managed to find a way to make all this happen.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things than usual, and I knew that I really could accomplish anything and everything. But sometimes, all a fifteen-year-old girl wants is to stop growing. She wants time to slow down and eventually stand still where she can be young and inexperienced forever. Sometimes, she simply wants to remain a child.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, Thorns in the Shadow

“It all started when Dam went missing.”
― Andrew J. Peters, The Seventh Pleiade

“My heart, it yearns for Cadoett, blessed kingdom by the sea. Though far away, I’m sent to roam, my soul it sings, ‘my city–my home, my city–my home.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“…a kingdom right on the shore, surrounded by gray mountains and bright green meadows. ‘Tis a place filled with fine castles born from the ocean, itself. The very walls are made of limestone and pearls, thick and heavy, a glistening, natural fortress soaked in golden sunlight. No man could calculate its worth, because it exceeds all of nature’s wealth. It is a great miracle, a grand dream not of our world. It is a beacon, a strong, gleaming lighthouse guiding great ships home. I dare not describe it more, for my words do not do it justice��”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“It was a glistening citadel of limestone, hard and smooth with creamy whites and speckled grays. This was, no doubt, the place mighty kings called home, and with awe, it stole Fawn’s breath away.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“Minne som en säl.��
”Har sälar dåligt minne?��
”Jag vet inte, det är bara ett uttryck.”
― Lovisa Wistrand, Equidae

“Emotion is the poison of decision-making... Once it works its way in, the process is compromised. Never compromise the process...”
― Nicholas Gangier

“Emotion is the poison of decision-making... Once it works its way in, the process is compromised. Never compromise the process...”
― Nicholas Gagnier, Embers of Aloessia: Original Edition

“How someone's emotions could shift so quickly, Ember didn't understand. The fating was said to be immediate, irreversible, and incomprehensible until experienced.”
― Rebecca K. Sampson, Ember Dragon Daughter

“True hearts met and saw in each other the truth - that they matched. Now, each soul had a mate, waiting to be found. That is, unless you were fateless.”
― Rebecca K. Sampson, Ember Dragon Daughter

“She was not even able to open her eyes; she just kept praying to her god. It was time for the Aqua Deus to make its move.

But it was not the Aqua Deus who made its move. Noakh was no longer in the trees.”
― I.M. Redwright, The Sapphire Eruption

“He eyed my creamy-ice. “You’ll be dead because of that stuff.��
“Your body is your temple. That’s why I’m giving it a treat.�� I spooned out an extra-large bite and sucked on it slowly.
My insides swooned.”
― Priya Ardis, Girl With Three Eyes