Katie

“For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which on earth they had so little. But it is not for thy valour only that I send thee, but to bring into the world a hope beyond thy sight, and a light that shall pierce the darkness.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin

“And now I say to you, Yeva Luchcova: will you remain here with the father who tried to sell you, or the prince who hoped to buy you, or the man too weak to solve his riddles for himself? Or will you come with me and be the bride to nothing but the shore?”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“They pray that their children will be brave and clever and strong, that they will tell the true stories instead of the easy ones. They pray for sons with red eyes and daughters with horns.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“Papa, Yeva said to the duke, desperate to stand beneath an open sky again. Why must I be the one to hide?”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic