74 Quotes by Alethea Kontis

Friday had always considered herself to be equal among her siblings, but by the time the ship finally came to rest in the harbor, she felt she had finally lived up to the Woodcutter name.

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.

Her sister?” Erik asked. “Weekday or weekend?

The only way to keep a secret is not to repeat it.

It was like walking: if Rumbold didn’t concentrate too hard on it, the illusion took care of itself.

We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

A few of my sisters have the ability to anticipate catastrophe. When the ground beneath your feet turns to mud, you might find a stepping stone they put there years earlier, for no particular reason at the time.

She had that way of looking at him that made him feel like he’d built the world for her and given it to her as a gift just that morning.

Trouble was, they didn’t have much faith to begin with. Their dreams had gone from the beaches of Arilland to the palace ballroom and no further. Faith was a thing sewn into the patchwork skirts of a girl on another shore.