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1 " 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. "
― Sara Raasch , Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1)
2 " 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. "
3 " A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down. "
4 " 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. "
5 " I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others. "
6 " 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. "
7 " No one should be forced to be something they aren't. "
― Sara Raasch , Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes, #2)
8 " It's a weapon we have, and we need all the weapons we can get "
9 " All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children. "
10 " In the face of all that has happened, it feels good, really good, to just breathe for a moment. "
11 " Whoever designed this city built it to complement the setting sun as perfectly as the stars complement the night. "
12 " Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake. "
13 " A candle without a spark, a sky without a sun, the look people get when they cease to be people, start being bodies. "
― Sara Raasch
14 " If stubborness were all that was needed to be a good queen, I'd rule the world. "
15 " You've fought for Winter so spectacularly, and I am more proud than I have ever been to call you my son. But don't forget to fight for yourself as well--there is no shame in that "
16 " Anything that lives here has to be just as harsh and determined as the sun, born of a fiery stubbornness that is either extremely brave or extremely stupid. "
17 " 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 arrangements. "
18 " I stop, staring into the teardrop-shaped room, my heartbeat an alive and determined creature trying to claw its way out of my throat. "
19 " You may be able to look beyond the reality of our situation and imagine some other outcome, but all I ever saw, all I ever see, is a reminder that our lives aren't our own. "
20 " The most powerful magic of all is choice... "
