"That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice."
- Sara Raasch
"I know he sees it, because for the briefest moment he drops his expressionless mask and the look in his eyes shows me he feels the same way. A mirror of every part of myself I can't bear to face."
"A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down."
"I know there are things you aren’t telling me. Big things…Sir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you."
"I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others."
"No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me."
"Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen," he says in response."
"No one should be forced to be something they aren't."
"It's a weapon we have, and we need all the weapons we can get"
"All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children."