Sarah

“I just played the notes that sounded like you.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

“I’m curious,’ I said, hands clenched. ‘Don’t worry about my magic or my health. Worry about many hours it’s going to take you to answer my questions after the minister is gone. And if you try to wiggle out of them with the excuse that “it’s not my tale to tell”, I’ll flatten you.’
‘You are perfectly fine, then.’ Matthew’s mouth twitched. He dropped a kiss on my forehead. ‘I love you, ma lionne.”
― Deborah Harkness, Shadow of Night

“But it's not about the fleeting moments that came before or the number of lovers who've warmed a bed. It's about the person who's holding your hand at the end, the person you can't let go of no matter how hard you might have tried.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Iron & Embers

“No, I would never regret Asar. But I knew that one day, he would regret me.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone