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As in so many things, Mother Francis had been right. It was very nice to have a place of your own.

It was never hard to make them laugh. It was very hard to make them look at you with different eyes though.

Dr. Foley and Jack:
“Just a simple answer. If you’re busy I’ll not bother you.”
“But then I might miss something great.”
“Ah that’s what life is all about, taking risks.”

It was so easy to run a hotel shop, and so hard to run a family.

What happened once can happen again. Evil does walk through the world, and it is often undetected until it’s too late, as it was in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.

This was the way it was; there were good people and there were even though you couldn’t tell them apart by sight, you could tell the difference with your heart.

She was not like everyone else, for better or for worse, with good qualities along with qualities that annoyed people, but most certainly with dreams that were hers alone.

Pim influenced her greatly, especially when it came to reading, which he always said was never a waste of time.

Although some people felt Anne was too full of herself, Oma knew she was deeply sensitive, possessing a huge compassionate heart that was easily wounded, not that Anne showed her hurt to anyone, especially not her mother whom she often felt she could never please.

“She was the tart spark of blueberries on his tongue, she was salt air and rainy days, she was the perfect book. She was kisses and secret smiles. She was everything. He just needed her.”

“You’re here. Whenever it counts you’re here. When I grow up, I want to be you.”

Pirate Lorde: Rolfe
Healer: Yrene
Desert: Silent Assassins led by the Silent Master and Ansel

When Dorian had spoken, it hadn’t been a prince who looked at him. It had been a king.

He forgot Gavriel and Lorcan as he bolted for her - the gold and red and blue flames utterly gets, this heir of fire.

“What do you suppose,” Aedion breathed, staring into the darkness, “the people on other continents, across all those seas, think of us? Do you think they hate us or pity us for what we do to each other? Perhaps it’s just as bad there. Perhaps it’s worse. But to do what I have to do, to get through it… I have to believe it’s better. Somewhere, it’s better than this.” Chaol had no answer.

Dad is a word. It doesn’t mean anything unless there is action and intention behind it. He’s really just an asshole who you happen to share DNA with. That’s it. We don’t need him. You don’t do fine without him, you do better.

“Energy tears through me, and instead of flaring my palms, I concentrate on the intent of my fingers just like Felix taught me, drawing them downward with the strike, directing it to the target as though I am the composer and the lightning is my orchestra.”

“Love doesn’t even have the decency to die. It just transforms into abject misery. That’s what this ache in my chest is: misery. Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.”

Page 31: “making a living in a new country and as a struggle for all of our families, but any difference between us and our Dutch friends was lessened thanks to the Dutch penchant for thriftiness.”

Quotes: Page 29 - “It’s never easy being a refugee, especially for mothers, charged with keeping homes and young children afloat, and Mama and Mrs Frank leaned on one another for help and moral support.”