“Yesterday I had fancied myself becoming a character from a fairy tale. Now I discovered I already was one.”
― Drake Hall
― Drake Hall
“Unlike her, I had the great blessing of a place to go where I would not be judged by the state of my gloves, nor what missteps I had taken.”
― Castle of the Winds
― Castle of the Winds
“How strange to grow up like that, a different person than what one thought.”
― Drake Hall
― Drake Hall
“You can’t have courage without fear, any more than you can have a ray of light without shadows.”
― Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
― Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
“I raised my eyes to his, and for once, I didn’t try to dispel the tension between us. My heart beat strangely. I felt like I was standing on the edge of the river that ran through the Dale, the water surging past my feet. Ought I to cross it? Ought I to cross to his side? If I didn’t yet love him, might I allow myself to try? Might I step at least onto the first stepping stone, and see what happened then?”
― Drake Hall
― Drake Hall
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