Hollis

“Stories weren't meant to be questioned; they were answers in and of themselves. They were meant to preempt any question you might ever have, to steal the words right from your mouth. If you were a third daughter your fate was written out before you even drew your first breath. If you thought to ask why certain plums were suffused with poison, well, you might as well be a loathsome scientist. If you began to wonder how a wizard came to own his tower, you were a capitalist, with viperous schemes behind your eyes. Who else would ever dream of asking why?”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“Although Papa's moments of kindness were so rare, so meager, they ballooned so hugely in my mind that sometimes they obliterated everything else.”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn