418 Quotes by Mary E. Pearson

There are always choices. Some choices are just not easy to make.

There is one true history And one true future. Listen well, For the child sprung from misery Will be the one to bring hope. From the weakest will come strength. From the hunted will come freedom. – Song of Venda.

Mason said, with admiration, that it made me a stone-cold bastard, but this girl had pushed me to a reckless burning edge I didn’t even recognize, and her calm reply only pushed me further.

Stop cutting me off!” he yelled. The steel of his eyes sparkled with warning. “The least you can do is give me a chance to speak! We’re gonna talk!

Because too little talk frightens people and prompts questions. They’re afraid of what goes on in a silent mind. As maybe they should be.

I perfected my craft, playing the quarterlords and merchants against one another as if I was a musician and they were crude drums rumbling beneath my hands, making one boast to another that I had never pulled anything over on him, making them all feel so very smart, even as I relieved them of items I could put to better use elsewhere.

A choir of pink-cheeked boys lift their voices as a priest seems to pull the music from their throats with the urging of his hands.

Whatever you choose for your stationery is your favorite color because it’s where you pour your heart out.

They’ll pay for this. All of it. I promise. One day they’ll pay.