Jack Holt

“People wanted to be told that things were not their fault. That their problems had simple solutions.”
― Kalyn Josephson, The Library of Amorlin

“she admitted to herself that everything she had done, the choices she had made, she hadn’t just made them to survive. She had made them because they were easier.”
― Kalyn Josephson, The Library of Amorlin

“And here I was certain you would be moping for at least another hour,” Nyelle remarked with a curve of her lips. “I do not mope,” Allaster grumbled, dropping heavily into his desk chair. Nyelle’s too-keen gaze took in his sagging posture, set jaw, and general air of dishevelment and said, “You’re right. It’s much more of a brood.”
― Kalyn Josephson, The Library of Amorlin

“she had thought she could make this her life. That she could set fire to her old one and let the smoke wash her clean. At least she was alive. At least she breathed fresh air. But Vera’s proposal was a mirror, reflecting the truth back at her: This was not living. It was barely surviving. But a want was a dangerous thing. It gave people power over you, made you vulnerable.”
― Kalyn Josephson, The Library of Amorlin