Nortia

“Do not worry about your contradictions - Persephone is both floral maiden and queen of death. You, too, can be both.”
― Nichole McElhaney, A Sisterhood of Thorns and Vengeance

“I am not soft. I do not have that luxury. I am the wolf in girl’s clothing; all snarls and claws. My mother once told me: be gentle, be kind. She forgot to mention that the world was full of beasts, and if I wanted to survive I would have to become one myself.”
― Nichole McElhaney, Poetry For Celestial Nymphs and Wayward Witches

“Athena's jealousy made a monster of fair Medusa.
I often wonder what beauty my own demons have destroyed.”
― Nichole McElhaney, Poetry For Celestial Nymphs and Wayward Witches

“As long as there is love and memory, there is no true death.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight