Ella

“The time has come,
The claws are passed.
An old owl rests,
A die’s been cast.

It is a war for heart,
Gizzard and mind.
The weapons they wield,
More deadly than mine.

A blade draws blood, a fire burns.
But with the flecks, a mind unlearns.
A soul unhinges,
And then a gizzard quakes and cringes.

Senses dull,
Reason scatters.
The heart grows numb,
An owl shatters.

But these six owls are strong and bold,
And their story has not yet been told.”
― Kathryn Lasky, The Shattering

“Brightness Markal! What a disaster that hairstyle is; how brave of you to show it to the world”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings