Deva Fagan > Quotes

“Perhaps I had started to believe again in magic, or perhaps in love. Or perhaps they were the same thing.”
― Deva Fagan, Fortune's Folly

“Our words were a shaky ladder; all I could do was climb, uncertain if I was about to surmount a glorious peak or fall and smash myself on the rocks below.”
― Deva Fagan, The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle

“Good night, and may your nights always be bright with stars!”
― Deva Fagan, Circus Galacticus

“The prince of Dantessa had challenged Death herself to a game, with the prince’s own life as the stakes.”
― Deva Fagan, A Game of Noctis

“And now it’s Death’s turn.” The ivory skeleton slid slowly sideways, all on its own. The soft scrape made me shudder. Some folk said that Lady Death herself attended every game of noctis, that it was her invisible, immortal fingers that moved the pale piece across the board.”
― Deva Fagan, A Game of Noctis

“I'd never know if I was the best person to be Nightingale. I only knew that I was going to be the best Nightingale that I could be. And that was enough.”
― Deva Fagan, Nightingale

“Unlike chess, a game of noctis could end in one of three ways: The red player could win. The black player could win. Or Death could win over all.”
― Deva Fagan, A Game of Noctis