Baylie

“I want sand and stories and a clear night sky. I want to stare up into pale gray eyes filled with love and that edge of wickedness I ache for. I want to know what he said to me in Sadhese, a year and a half ago, when we danced at the Moon Festival in Serra. I want Elias Veturius back.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A ​Sky Beyond the Storm

“Or perhaps she’s simply beautiful, and looking at her feels like sunlight flowing into a room lost to the darkness for too long.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A ​Sky Beyond the Storm

“I've known him all my life, Harper. But when I was crawling through that tunnel, when I knew he was fighting and dying for me, all I could think was that I was so thankful it wasn't you up there. Because if it had been, we'd have died together.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A ​Sky Beyond the Storm

“I'm here because it's been months since you kissed me, but I think about that moment so often it feels like it happened yesterday. And because when I saw you go down in the battle, I thought I'd-- I'd tear apart the world if anything happened to you.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A ​Sky Beyond the Storm