Riley

“He kept turning that glass flower around and around in his fingers as I ate. To my delight, he had nothing bad to say about it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“he was awful at hiding his emotions, and it was clear that he wasn’t. Instead, I crafted a little butterfly from the swampy lake below and drew it up to hover in front of our faces. “How is it wrong?” I asked. He hardly looked at me. “What?” “What is wrong with it?” Slowly, he turned. Then looked to my butterfly. “So?” I prodded.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Your language.” His lips thinned. “It is far more uncivilized than I remember.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Fire in the Flesh

“I did many things to come here. I killed for coming here. My friend—” I didn’t have the vocabulary to describe what Serel had done for me, given for me. “I left my most important people. They need me. I cannot fail them. To help them, I need this.” I thrust my open palm down to the piles of drawings. “I have nothing without the Orders. No power. I need this. They need this.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds