Sara T. Bond > Quotes

“The Queen’s surprise gave way to a delighted smile that was wider and more terrifying than the last. Oh, Mab’s curse. I’d made a terrible mistake. I’d just made myself interesting to a Fairy Queen.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“I wasn’t about to wait for Argus to give me permission to follow up. He was falling into the same traps that made the palace poison: hoarding truth, controlling the narrative, protecting whatever it was he was protecting.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“Truth is important, but facts at the wrong time only generate worse fictions.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“I know it was unrealistic. Leave me alone. I was raised on Fairy Tales.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“I was a Keeper. I kept the bar, providing comfort, courage, and compassion. I kept the Gate, offering safe passage, defending the sanctity and neutrality of this space, this way station. I kept the peace. I kept counsel, that belonging to others and, more often, my own. But most importantly, I kept this community together.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“Miss Siobhan, ye may have all ye want of me.” He looked down but didn’t blush this time. “The rest of them can wait.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood

“Power? I don’t want it,” I said.
“It is not your choice, Siobhan,” Bryony said softly, though her voice still carried to every corner of the chambers. “That’s what you’ve never understood. It’s never been your choice.”
― Sara T. Bond, Summer's Blood