CLASH

“You told me once that the world would be simpler if people were all one thing. But we will never live in a world that easy. Your family is a part of you. Of course you will love them. Of course you will miss them. And… of course you will want to make a better world than they did. You will build upon what they gave you. You will draw from their strengths and confront their mistakes. You will make something better”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“Death was like a lost lover. We circled each other. I craved more with every brush of its touch. All I wanted was for it to take me to its bed and never let me leave.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Mother of Death & Dawn

“Between the dead patient, the drunk men, and the blood sun, my day was not off to an auspicious start.”
― Penn Cole, Spark of the Everflame

“Don’t you dare mistake compassion for lack of courage,” he growled. “Anyone can slaughter their enemies. Hate is easy—it’s mercy that requires the greater strength.”
― Penn Cole, Heat of the Everflame