Feared Phoenix

“Echo lived her life according to two rules, the first of which was simple: don't get caught.
........ Some rules it would seam were meant to be broken..........
Rule number two, Echo thought snagging a pork bun from a food stall as she sailed past it. If you do get caught, run.”
― Melissa Grey, The Girl at Midnight

“Backpfeifengeicht," Echo said. It was one of her favorite words. German. A face made for punching. It sited Ruby perfectly.
Confusion flitted across Ruby's face for a half second. It was the sweetest half second of her life.
"What does that mean?" Ruby said. Echo could almost taste how much it pained her to ask that.
Echo smiled, saccharine sweet. "Look it up”
― Melissa Grey, The Girl at Midnight

“Every good fairy tale has a kernel of truth to it.”
― Melissa Grey, The Girl at Midnight

“If war had taught him anything, it was that it took the people who deserved long and happy lives and gave them short, brutal ones instead.”
― Melissa Grey, The Girl at Midnight