Laura

“It felt strange to let a stranger in. Every little detail that he normally ignored seemed glaring now. The dagger, left on the table. A shopping list written in a script not of this world. The breastplate mounted above the fireplace, bearing a crest: a dragon locked in battle with a lion beneath a crown of stars.”
― Elisabeth G. Mark, Epilogue of Kings

“Because what was a sister, if not a friend that fate had placed at your side?”
― Elisabeth G. Mark, Prologue of Queens

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother couldn’t be there anymore. She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few