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“but men who waded into waters claiming they could swim should not need a raft.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Magic might live in the blood, but not in the bloodline. It wasn’t passed from parent to child. It chose its own way. Chose its shape. The strong sometimes gave birth to the weak, or the other way around. Fire wielders were often born from water mages, earth movers from healers. Power could not be cultivated like a crop, distilled through generations.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Magic and magician must between them balance. Magic itself is chaos. The magician must be calm. A fractured self is a poor vessel for power, spilling power without focus or measure from every crack.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“The night was moonless overhead, the sea and sky mirroring the starry darkness to every side; only the ripple of water beneath the rocking boat marked the difference between up and down.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows