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“Sometimes the path in front of you alters. Sometimes it goes through some pretty dark territory. Just make sure it doesn't change the intent of the trip. As long as the intent is good, nothing else matters. Not in these days, son.”
― Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

“Our power is in our homeplace, in our roots”
― Sylvia Linsteadt, The Wild Folk Rising

“Ready to go?” he asked.
I spun to face him, scrutinizing him from head to toe, and sighed. “Finally dressed, are you? Once I’ve settled in as magistrate, I’m going to have to rein you in, Patrei.”
“So today it’s magistrate? Yesterday you were Ambassador Brightmist.”
“The queen left the roles to my discretion, depending on how you behave.”
“Plan to arrest me?” he asked, a bit too eagerly.
I narrowed my eyes. “If you don’t toe the line.”
“If you weren’t so impatient, you wouldn’t be saddled with me now.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Vow of Thieves

“I felt content, maybe even a little more than that. I was alive and climbing a tree and a girl I was weak for was safe on the ground below. And I was doing something strong to keep her safe, to keep all of them safe. I felt old-timey, and something lush burst open in my chest.”
― Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves