Winnowing Quotes

“Rhys released my elbow only to slip a hand around my waist, pressing me into his side as he whispered in my ear, 'Hold on.'

Then darkness roared, a wind tearing me this way and that, the ground falling away beneath me, the world gone around me. Only Rhys remained, and I hated him as I clung to him, I hated him with my entire heart-

Then the darkness vanished.

I smelled jasmine first- then saw stars. A sea of stars flickering beyond glowing pillars of moonstone that framed the sweeping views of endless snowcapped mountains.

'Welcome to the Night Court,' was all Rhys said.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Wind and night and stars wheeled by as he winnowed us through the world, and the calluses of his hand scratched against my own fading ones before-

Before sunlight, not starlight, greeted me. Squinting at the brightness, I found myself standing in what was unmistakably a foyer of someone's house.

The ornate red carpet cushioned the one step I staggered away from him as I surveyed the warm, wood-panelled walls, the artwork, the straight, wide oak staircase ahead.

Flanking us were two rooms: on my left, a sitting room with a black marble fireplace, lots of comfortable, elegant, but worn furniture, and bookshelves built into every wall. On my right; a dining room with a long, cherrywood table big enough for ten people- small, compared to the dining room at the manor. Down the slender hallway ahead were a few more doors, ending in one that I assumed would lead to a kitchen. A town house.
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This house... this house was a home that had been lived in and enjoyed and cherished.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“He grinned at me now. 'With all those gems and beads, you might be too heavy to carry. I hope you've been practicing your winnowing in case I drop you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“You're not going to like the asking price.'

Rhys held out both hands to winnow us back to Velaris. 'If he wants the fancy dinner plates, he can have them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin