Madeline Howard > Quotes

“he continued, “Elidûc said to me, ‘When you meet Sindérian Faellanëos, observe her well, for then you will be privileged to see the most gifted young wizard of her generation. She was born with such talents that if she had even the most distant left-handed connection with the royal house of Phaôrax, the wizards on Leal would have reared her from childhood to challenge Ouriána in fulfillment of the prophecy. As it was, they allowed her to pursue her own inclinations and devote herself to the healing arts. They let her go off at an early age to break her heart on the battlefields of Rheithûn, leaving all her other talents lying fallow.”
― Madeline Howard, A Dark Sacrifice

“Drawing even with her, the Prince strode along at her side, still scowling ferociously. “It is not for me to tell you what to do. The wizards of Leal are the High King’s allies, not his subjects. But if you were my sister or my cousin—” “If I were your sister or your cousin,” she retorted, “you still wouldn’t have the power or the right to change my mind!”
― Madeline Howard, A Dark Sacrifice

“The Old Fortress at Tirfang, it had a bad name: witches built it, raised it by magic, infecting even the ordinary materials in which they worked—stone, timber, and slate—with their dark sorceries.”
― Madeline Howard, A Dark Sacrifice

“he continued, “Elidûc said to me, ‘When you meet Sindérian Faellanëos, observe her well, for then you will be privileged to see the most gifted young wizard of her generation.”
― Madeline Howard, A Dark Sacrifice

“Meanwhile there was great activity among the camp followers, those weathered and sinewy women who had seen battle before, even if their position at the rear driving the heavy wagons had usually spared them actual involvement. They fletched arrows, tested bows, put their knives to the whetstone.”
― Madeline Howard, A Dark Sacrifice