Terry June

“My mother always said it was best to receive bad news in winter, when everything is already dark. So one can heal for spring,”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“You would think that strange coincidence between Daniel and me would have wedged distance between us—my father was a taker, and his sister had been taken—but it did the opposite. It brought us closer, gave us an unspoken bond.”
― Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

“It was as if her heart had been hooked from her mouth, caught like a fish on a line.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Sabran had been dealt a cruel hand. Her Lady of the Bedchamber had died while she slept, her companion in her arms, her mother before her eyes. Her daughter had never drawn breath. Her father—if he had been her father at all—had perished in Yscalin, beyond her reach. Loss had dogged her all her life. Little wonder she was holding on so tightly.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree