Honestly, she sometimes wondered if there was something a bit wrong with her for being able to cry so easily.
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. —Anatole France, Nobel Laureate, 1921”
― West with Giraffes
― West with Giraffes
“Or I can always join you in the Assembly chamber. You do some of your best work on that throne.”
― Onyx Storm
― Onyx Storm
“It confirmed what Lidia had long guessed. Why she had named Brannon after the oldest legends from her family’s bloodline: of a Fae King from another world, fire in his veins, who had created stags with the power of flame to be his sacred guards.”
― House of Flame and Shadow
― House of Flame and Shadow
“You might be angry when you realize I didn’t wake you to say goodbye. But it’s only because I no longer fully trust my ability to walk away.”
― Onyx Storm
― Onyx Storm
“To the ones who don’t run with the popular crowd, the ones who get caught reading under their desks, the ones who feel like they never get invited, included, or represented. Get your leathers. We have dragons to ride.”
― Onyx Storm
― Onyx Storm
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