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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 " All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children. "
8 " In the face of all that has happened, it feels good, really good, to just breathe for a moment. "
9 " Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake. "
10 " 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. "
11 " 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. "
12 " I want to be someone worthy of my kingdom. I want to be someone worthy of /you/. "
13 " Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen," he says in response. "
14 " You've always been /everything/ to me. I didn't know how to handle how much I needed you growing up---snow, I still don't, all right? "
15 " Someday we will be more than words in the dark. "
16 " Fear is a seed that, once planted, never stops growing. "
17 " They make decisions; they mold your future. The trick is to find a way to still be you through it all. "
18 " Holding on to some part of your past even if it means also holding on to the pain of never again having it. That pain is less horrible than the pain of forgetting. "
19 " Sometimes placing our belief in something bigger than ourselves helps us get to a point where we can be enough on our own, magic or no magic. "
20 " So,” I start as we pull to the left in the hall, “you’re the king of Cordell’s son. How’s that?”Theron chuckles. “Beneficial sometime, horrible others. You’re beautiful – how’s that? "
