Ariel LaFollette

“sometimes strength isn’t swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it’s found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“First rule of Cardinal Magic,” I murmured. “Do not be a fucking idiot.”
― Caroline Peckham, Restless Stars

“And yet I press my fingers to the scars in my skin—soft, tender, warm as the blood beneath—and I hear, “There is a divine … There is someone who has kept you here, breathing, moving, living.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“There were not enough pages in all the books Elm had read, in all the libraries he’d wandered, in all the notebooks he’d scrawled, that could measure—denote or describe—just how beautiful she was.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns