17 Quotes by Heather Fawcett

Only you could climb the highest mountain in the Empire, hunt down a fallen star, and escape the Fifth Army without a trace. – Tem, to Kamzin.

You’re like the wind – you’re meant to be out there, among the mountains and the stars, fighting storms and monsters and anything else foolish enough to get in your way.

At least you believe me,” I murmured, scratching his ear. He regarded me silently and allowed me to pet him for several seconds before trying to bite my fingers off.

Now I was heading home. But after that, there was nowhere I couldn’t go.

I wanted to push against the world and feel it push back.

Through my tear-hazed vision, the sky seemed bright-too bright. The stars were dancing. My head ached as I tried to take it in-the battle we had fought, the city smoking below me, all the wandering light in the sky above.

Choosing to lock yourself up in a life that doesn’t suit you is its own sort of death, wouldn’t you say?

I blinked. Standing there, I thought I would have felt joy, or astonishment, or even terror, gazing down at the world so far away. Instead I felt a weary relief, like that which followed putting your feet up after a long day, or completing a chore. I was left with only the feeling that something had ended.