Destiny Soria > Quotes

“When the stakes are life and death, you have to make sacrifices.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“She couldn’t be like Cassa, with unquestioning tenacity for a single cause. She could only do what she thought was right, even when it felt like shifting sand.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“But believing the lies you tell yourself doesn’t make then any truer.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“They took everything from us. Our home, our hope, our future. No one should have that kind of power.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“We bend, but we don’t break.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“Are you okay?”
Alys hated that question. What did it even mean to be okay?”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“Even when their futures were foretold, people could still make their own choices. Even when their pasts were forgotten, peoples lives still meant something.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“The world they had inherited was broken, and they were fools to think they could somehow piece it back together.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“There was no division between her and Nox, just a harmony that sang through her marrow.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“Dragons were out there, right under everyone's noses, and until the last one was dead, no one was safe.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“No one remembered how to decide for themselves anymore. No one wanted to believe that their mistakes were preventable. If your future was foretold, then you weren’t accountable for it.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“She didn't like the habit boys had of coming up with elaborate reasons for why a girl didn't want to date them, and then using those imaginary excuses as weapons against her.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“Once they were safely ensconced, Dani released his arm and turned to face him, but drew up short when she saw how close he actually was, with only inches between them. He was staring down at her with a new intensity that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. She swallowed and broke away from his gaze, but found she didn't know where else to look. His lips, soft and parted ever so slightly, were a definite no-go. Her eyes traced down the column of this throat, the sharp edge of his collarbone just below his open collar, the spot over his heart where hours ago, in another life, she'd rested her hand and felt the rhythm of his pulse.

"How are we going to get Zephyr out of the dungeon?" she asked his chest.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“Maybe there were some things better left unknown.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“She didn’t know how to be anything but angry. She didn’t know how to do anything but fight.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“Charlie was a songsmith who played hope and joy better than any other feeling. Ada, on the other hand, could make a grown man forget his own mother's face with only a few bars. She could play loss so keen that regs would sometimes fall to their knees and weep. What did that say about her?”
― Destiny Soria, Iron Cast

“Because it takes a fool to do the impossible.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel

“A few hours ago, the prospect of disappointing someone, especially Calla Thorn, would have sent her into a spiral of panic and self-loathing. She knew that about herself. Her therapist had pointed it out multiple times. Recognizing the pattern was supposed to be the first step to combating it, though most of the time it just meant she was panicked, full of self-loathing, AND acutely aware of how irrational it all was.”
― Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire: A Standalone YA Fantasy of Sisters, Dragons, and Dangerous Magic

“At least when she was following the prophecy, she didn't have to worry about right or wrong - just what had been foretold. Maybe that's why the Slain God's religion had lasted all this time. No one remembered how to decide for themselves anymore. No one wanted to believe that their mistakes were preventable. If your future was foretold, then you weren't accountable for it. All your decisions and mistakes belonged to a seer's dream, a diviner's runes.”
― Destiny Soria, Beneath the Citadel