Callie Bates > Quotes

“Unhappiness in one place doesn't breed happiness elsewhere. It just breeds more unhappiness.”
― Callie Bates, The Waking Land

“This is why magic is dangerous. It lures you in. It makes you curious.”
― Callie Bates, The Waking Land

“No. I am his Ollam.” His poet. The Chief Poet of Caeris. That’s what Hugh is: the keeper of legends and singer of songs.”
― Callie Bates, The Waking Land

“You left me there. You left me—” “No,” she says fiercely. “I was always with you. Every day. Every moment. I am your mother, and I was with you.”
― Callie Bates, The Waking Land

“There is something golden about him—maybe it’s his hair, but maybe it’s his hope. I want to shudder away from it, and at the same time I can’t stop looking.”
― Callie Bates, The Waking Land