Lydia

“Magic is the first sip of good wine that makes the edges of your vision blur. Magic is the cool breeze of the boardwalk at night and organ music in the air. Magic is landing a grand jeté and nearly going deaf with hate crowd's applause. Magic is the low flicker of tavern lights and the girl your courting leaning close so you can kiss.”
― Ava Reid, 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.”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“But you followed me here.’ My own voice is a whisper. ‘What a foolish thing for a pious prince to do.’

A breath comes out of him. ‘You’ve made me a fool many times over.”
― Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

“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”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn