K.E. Andrews > Quotes

“I know you carry much sorrow in your heart, Morana,” she says, “but don’t mourn what isn’t dead yet.”
― K.E. Andrews, Hills of Heather and Bone

“Uriah stood under a starless sky, the moon a white eye against the indigo expanse.”
― K.E. Andrews, The Assassin of Grins and Secrets

“Charcoal stained Serein’s fingertips as an ocean spilled across the page, waves shifting under the flickering candlelight.”
― K.E. Andrews, The Assassin of Grins and Secrets

“They were keepers of the dead, and people came to them to hear the stories of their deceased loved ones.”
― K.E. Andrews, Hills of Heather and Bone

“What’s necessary isn’t always comforting. You didn’t realize how much gunk had built up, how sticky your heart had gotten. The darkness had come in again and it wasn’t until you shone a light on it that you realized how messy things were inside. It had to all erupt and splatter across the walls for you to see the problems. Your body had to purge and throw up all the negative things, so you could be filled again. It wasn’t fun. It was exhausting. It was the breaking point.”
― K.E. Andrews

“The cold wind rises up, Carrying clouded breath with it. The last of the blackberries cling to their bushes Before shriveling or being eaten in a rush To squeeze out the last flavors of summer.”
― K.E. Andrews, Let the Hurt Girl Speak