Alessa
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“You let me eat up all papa’s anger so it wouldn’t poison you. you didn’t mind that he ruined me as long as you were unspoiled and safe. If you ever loved me, it was because I was a soft thing you threw down into the bottom of a pit to break your fall.”
― Juniper & Thorn
― Juniper & Thorn
“My eldest sister was right; I would smile blithely if someone tried to saw off my leg. But no one ever told me I was allowed to scream”
― Juniper & Thorn
― Juniper & Thorn
“The juniper tree looked as stolid as a grave marker, unruffled. Under the dirt was the compact and inside the compact was the black sand and in every grain of sand was Sevas, my first secret, my first lie, safe as death.”
― Juniper & Thorn
― Juniper & Thorn
“The villain is always the hero in their story, aren't they?”
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
“Bravery is a fleeting beast, isn’t it? Always there to get you into trouble, but quick to disappear once you’re where you want to be”
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
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