“To love one another is to come as close as we ever can to being angels ourselves.”
― Chain of Iron
― Chain of Iron
“Do not let those who cannot see the truth tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the star that cannot be lost. You are who you have always been, and that is enough and more than enough. Anyone who looks at you and sees darkness is blind.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“The point of stories is not that they are objectively true, but that the soul of the story is truer than reality. Those who mock fiction do so because they fear the truth.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“Tell me, Matthew," James said. "Tell me the name of the shadow that is always hanging over you. I can become a shadow. I could fight it for you.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold
“Alastair's gaze flicked to Matthew. "Why," he said, "are you not even wearing a hat?
"And cover up this hair?" Matthew indicated his golden locks with a flourish. "Would you blot out the sun?”
― Chain of Iron
"And cover up this hair?" Matthew indicated his golden locks with a flourish. "Would you blot out the sun?”
― Chain of Iron
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