Genevieve Valentine

“This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want.”

“Then you are the bird, and the bird, and the bird.”

“I had never seen her this way before, and I wondered why until I realized it was the tattoo; I saw, finally, there was magic at work here that was darker and deeper than I had imagined, that the tattoo was like putting a pair of spectacles on a child with poor vision. I stared up at the camp hill, my heart in my throat, and wondered what everything would look like, now that I could see.”

“Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right.”