“Parents: Perfecting ways to humiliate their children since the dawn of time.”

“Infinite possibilities. And none of them matter. What matters is here and now.”

“Fitz pulled her forward, and the warm tingling in her hand shot through her body--like a million feathers swelling underneath her skin, tickling her from the inside out.”

“You deserve to be happy," he whispers. "No matter what you think or what you did. You deserve to be happy.”

“"Screw the oath." I lean in until I feel her breath against my face, then I stop. I don't want to rush her. "You've done enough for them. You're protecting me. Who cares about the rest?""I do." She closes her eyes,and her jaw quivers. "I swore to get you safely through this-and I will. And then you'll return with the Gales and meet your betrothed.""They can take their betrothal and shove it. I want you."Audra and Vane”

“These months drive us to listen within.”

“The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day.”