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21 " I wasn’t invited to the strategy meeting. Where were you two?” “Ebb took us with her to see Grig and Osius. They weren’t invited to the strategy meeting, either.” “How can that be?” I asked. “Osius is the only one who has seen Old Castle. "
― Mara Rutherford , Kingdom of Sea and Stone (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #2)
22 " Sometimes I wonder if it was our names that determined our fates, or the other way around. Nor and Zadie: coral and pearl. "
― Mara Rutherford , Crown of Coral and Pearl (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #1)
23 " Sorrow is good for the soul, Father had said after the incident, when I had recovered from the pain and sickness but had still not grown used to the feel of the torn flesh on my otherwise flawless skin. Those who have never known pain or adversity are as shallow as the waves lapping on the shore. And what is wrong with being shallow? I’d asked him. What lies beneath the surface of shallow waters? Nothing. It’s only when you go deeper that the ocean comes alive. The deeper you go, the more mysteries and surprises await. "
24 " Mother was wrong, Nor. You have the power to do anything and everything you dream of, more than any person I’ve ever known. And that power, that inner strength, that is what makes you the most beautiful girl in Varenia. "
25 " To what end, child? Hiding our scars doesn’t mean they’re not there. Just as beauty cannot disguise who we really are beneath the surface. "
26 " I do know what it's like to be misunderstood, to feel like you don't belong anywhere. And I don't know how to make it better. But I do know one thing [...] you're not alone. "
27 " Because even if love was my greatest weakness, it was also the thing that made me strong. "
28 " I’m the perfect seashell you pick up from the ocean floor, only to turn it over in your hand and see the crack. I’m the fabric with the tear in the seam that you give back to the trader and demand first quality. "
29 " my girl, take heart. No journey worth taking was ever easy "
30 " Beauty is power, Mother had told us time and time again, until the words rang as true as the sky is blue and water is wet. I didn’t want to believe that a woman’s worth was entirely defined by her appearance. But there was a small, nagging voice in my head that asked, What if Mother is right? "
31 " I believed in the spirits that lived in everything around me: the water, the birds, the air itself. It was all alive and beautiful and just as divine as any invisible god. "
32 " What lies beneath the surface of shallow waters? Nothing. It’s only when you go deeper that the ocean comes alive. The deeper you go, the more mysteries and surprises await. "
33 " Nor, people fight, and the people we love the most fight the hardest because they care the most. "
34 " She was like a beautiful house built on stilts, only the stilts were lies, and accepting the truth meant destroying the foundation of her existence. Accepting this new outcome would mean admitting that life could, in fact, go on. "
35 " Hiding our scars doesn’t mean they’re not there. Just as beauty cannot disguise who we really are beneath the surface. "
36 " He closed the space between us, cutting me off with his lips and stealing my thoughts along with my words. "
37 " I’ve been wanting to do that for ages,” he murmured against my skin. “It’s like a tiny star, marking you as something special for anyone too senseless not to know it. "
38 " Hope is like a kite. Hold on to it tight enough, and even the fiercest storm can’t claim it. "