Zach

“One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die.”
― Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

“As far as she was concerned, family had nothing to do with proximity or blood. Family was a chosen thing. A label earned.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power

“Is there something you want to tell us about Merlin, Nimue?” Palomides asked. “Not really, no.” “If Merlin were free,” Dinadan said, “I bet Arthur would still be alive.” “If Merlin were such a fucking great wizard then he wouldn’t be stuck under a hill, would he?”
― Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

“It has all cost so much, and come to so little. There’s so much unfinished. But I cannot stay here. I thought I could, but I was mistaken. The world is sea-changed now, and I fear I belong to the Old World. “But this world has marvels in it too. Never doubt it.” Now he looked straight at Collum. “They are of a different kind now. No one will hand them to you. You can’t pull them out of a stone, the way I did, but they’re still there. It’s not too late.”
― Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword