"Delaney" Brooks

“He snorted softly. His talent had destroyed everything he had ever valued. With a shake of his head, he moved his thoughts away from the hurtful feelings he was trying to avoid. He shuffled them to the back of his mind. They wouldn’t help him here, far from it.”
― Mitchell Hogan, A Crucible of Souls

“She had often wished for adventure, for old spells and wicked kings. But she hadn’t realized it would be like this—a fight for her freedom. And she’d always imagined that there’d be someone to help her—a loyal friend or a one-armed soldier or something. She hadn’t imagined she would be so … alone.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“He found he had a distaste for being threatened. Broken, without much to live for, still he discovered within himself a reluctance to be bullied. To be prodded like cattle.”
― Mitchell Hogan, A Crucible of Souls

“Truth can hurt, can be blind to consequences. Truth can cut. Truth can sever. Too”
― Mitchell Hogan, A Crucible of Souls