Laura Sebastian > Quotes

“We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not apologize for them,” she says quietly, eyes never leaving mine. “Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn.
Now it's time for a queen to rise.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Is it better to have your life ended by someone who hates you or someone who loves you?”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“We are not defined by the things we do in order to survive.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I take one last look at my reflection in the mirror. Ashes already flake down over my cheeks and nose, marking me. The red stain I used on my lips looks like fresh blood. Underneath, I see bits and pieces of my mother staring back at me, but twisted with hate and fury my mother never needed to know.
I'm not sorry for it.
I am angry.
I am hungry.
And I promise myself that one day I will watch them all burn.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Because I am not all right. I am a hurricane barely contained in skin.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“As women, we must have our weapons in this world, whether they’re our minds or our fists or our wiles or our tears.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“May you always do the right thing, even when it’s hard.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“The hope inside me is not smothered yet. It is dying, yes, with only a few embers left. But I’ve seen fires rekindled with less.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“You’re a lamb in the lion’s den, child. You’re surviving. Isn’t that enough?”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“My body remembers—even when the rest of me forgets—that I am not made for curtsying.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“A queen without a crown, without a throne, without a coronation. What, exactly, do you imagine you're queen of?”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“Hope is contagious. When you have enough it spreads naturally.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“My thoughts are growing bolder now, and though I know they are dangerous, I can no longer quiet them. And for the first time, I don’t want to”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“If there is a step after anger, I haven't yet found it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“It’s safer to live only in the present, to be a girl with no past to yearn for and no future to have ripped away.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Still, there is something to be said for someone seeing your darkest parts and accepting you anyway.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“There’s no shame in breaking,” I tell him. “Gods know I did often enough. You just have to put yourself back together again.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ember Queen

“Theodosia, Ampelio called me. It's a strong name - the one my mother gave me. It's the name of a queen. It doesn't feel like a name I deserve, but here I stand, alone. If I am to survive, I must be strong enough to live up to it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I’m always alone. I should be used to it by now, though I don’t think it’s the kind of thing a person ever grows used to.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“I died the Queen of Peace, and peace died with me,” she says after a moment. “But you are the Queen of Flame and Fury, Theodosia, and you will set their world on fire.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“...fear is not a thing to be controlled by logic.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“Is that all you want?”

At that, he reaches for me, and pulls me toward him so that we’re standing face to face. “Well, I want you, but I didn’t think I had to say that,” he says. “In whatever capacity I can have you, for however long you want me, I’m yours.”

I smile, rolling onto the balls of my feet to kiss him softly.

“Yana Crebesti,” I murmur against his lips. “No matter what comes.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ember Queen

“People will believe anything if it makes them think they have more control than they do in this world.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“He is a stone, incapable of feeling anything, and I don't like being reminded that he's also human. I don't like to be reminded that we love the same person.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Impossible. The word ruffles me and I ignore it.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“Friends, enemies, I don’t think it matters anymore. The chains are just as heavy, no matter who holds the key,”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“There is no pleasing everyone without losing yourself.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“He has already taken everything, my mother, Ampellio, my home. And now, I have nothing left to lose. And now, I have nothing left to fear.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess