Sarah

“Did the destruction of one dream leave a vacuum that required filling with another? Is a broken heart more vulnerable?”
― Cinda Williams Chima, The Exiled Queen

“Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave

“He did not know the truth of me, yet he had perceived something true about me that no one else had ever noticed. And in spite of that—or perhaps because of it—he believed me good, believed me worth taking seriously, and his belief, for one vertigi-nous moment, made me want to be better than I was.”
― Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

“That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.”
― Rachel Hartman, Seraphina