Haley

“How sweet his fear tasted on my tongue as he realized — as we both realized — that I was capable of more than little butterflies.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“things. If I hadn’t had to shove them into a dark corner of my mind, never to be disturbed, never to be addressed. But if “this” was her friendship, her companionship, her trust? Her happiness? Her safety? Those things were worth more to me than anything else ever would be. Downright precious. And for that, I would throw everything else into a box and lock it away never to be acknowledged, permanently, if that’s where they needed to be. I had already been prepared to do that.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Max’s face hardened. “That man treated you like an animal, and he was just looking at you like you were—” He let out a breath through his teeth. “And you’re telling me that I didn’t play nicely enough?” I wanted to laugh. How could someone be so cynical and yet so naive? “Do you understand how many men have looked at me that way? Like a thing, not a person? I wouldn’t have survived a week in Esmaris’s court if I had—” “But that’s not right.” “Of course it’s not right, but it is the way it is.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“I’ll be honest,” he whispered, “I never thought it would happen.” Neither did I, I wanted to say, but as a rule I didn’t dignify uncertainty out loud.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds