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1 " She knew Archia could easily be perceived as the least formidable of all the quadrants, as Archians mostly kept to themselves, rarely crossing the channel to the main land due to their general distrust for machinery. They focused on physical work and living good, if somewhat modest, lives. "
― Astrid Scholte , Four Dead Queens
2 " As the chips dissolved on my tong, the embedded video links travelled to my brain. Tapping into my synopsis and taking hold of my senses. They transported me to another time and place. I was no longer in Mackiel's office. I was in the palace. And I was covered in blood. "
3 " Sometimes failure is the beginning of success "
4 " Be patient, child. Be calm. Be selfless. Wait for the right moment. Wait for your time. Rule with a steady hand. A steady heart. "
5 " Let love guide your, heart and everything else will fall into place. "
6 " Loving someone means risking your heart being broken. Corra said. But those moments you are together triumphs over any darkness "
7 " Love is powerful. It's not easy to shut it out once you've let it in. "
8 " Having something, even if in the past, is better than nothing at all. "
9 " I like how art captures not only the exterior, but also the feeling and the mood of the artist. Like a memory. "
10 " Small breath in, small breath out. There's a way in, and always a way out, "
11 " Then a dimple appeared on each side of his lips and his white teeth flashed. For a moment, I forgot where I was and what I was doing. There was only Varin, and that smile. "
12 " But I knew that wasn’t the real reason. I wanted Varin to break free of the cage he’d put himself in, because I couldn’t break free of mine. "
13 " A life where he could paint words of love on the walls of their house to the tune of Stessa's songs. "
14 " But how do you force your parents, the people who have loved you, raised you and sheltered you your entire life, to give up on you? ... You turn into the darkness. You show them you are beyond their reach. Beyond saving. "
15 " Sometimes we fail because we're not meant to succeed. "
16 " How did people kiss strangers with such abandon? Kiss without care? How could they do something this intimate, this revealing, with someone they didn't want?" -Keralie "
17 " Loving someone means risking your heart being broken," Corra said. "But those moments you are together triumph over any hardship. "
18 " Love is powerful. It's not easy to shut out once you've let it in" -Stessa "
19 " And you believe memories are enough ti sustain us?" he asked. "Through the darkness?"Were happy memories enough, if you were never to experience them again?I hoped so. "
20 " Loving someone means risking your heart being broken,” Corra said. “But those moments you are together triumph over any hardship. "