Jena

“Trying times draw colors to the surface that we never knew we had inside. Then we must create with them as best we can,” Anca said solemnly. “Is that a Traveler proverb?” I asked. “No, just an observation,” she said, a trace of a smile on her face.”
― E.E. Holmes, Spirit Ascendancy

“Because that’s the thing about women, isn’t it? You can push us down, and you can bury us, and you can heap the world on top of us, until we must surely crumble to dust. And instead, we turn into diamonds.”
― E.E. Holmes, Plague of the Shattered