Blythe

“I realized, that she had been spoon-fed a story from the day she was born. She had been taught no other way to be. And yet, I saw that despite everything, some part of her was self-made. This part, small as it appeared at first, was forged in the fire of her own strength, and resisted her cage. And I understood...that this part was made of steel. The part who she truly was.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Arteloth, we are courtiers. We have no useful instincts.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“When I'd started the Unlib, I'd been afraid the books couldn't do the things I thought they could. But there I stood, handing a banned book to the same person who made me question them in the first place, believing in them even more than I had before. In those seconds it felt like all the words and magic in the universe converged right where I stood, telling me the told and untold stories of bravery, strength, hope, and hurt. Whispering in my ears that there were still so many books, choices, and changes that hadn't yet dared to disturb the universe.”
― Dave Connis, Suggested Reading