Abbie Riddle

“we are not defined by the things we do in order to survive. We do not need to apologize for them," she says. "Maybe they have broken you, but you are a sharper weapon because of it. And it is time to strike.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“It was just that whenever she had thought of seeing the world, she had never realized what it would be like to have the world see her back”
― H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

“This wasn't like the hardship in books. It wasn't just that characters in books weren't real and Anna and the children were - that part of it was obvious and expected. It was that the hardship in books was written. It had purpose. It was part of a story, and however bleak it looked for the people inside the pages, that only meant there were more pages left before the end - unless it was a tragedy, or something Russian. Even then, things would work out the way they ought. It wasn't true here. Pain was simply pain, and there was nothing to do about it except refuse to let it break you.”
― H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

“Death isn't a habit you develop, you know, like tobacco or whiskey. It only takes once.”
― H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter