33 Quotes by Robert Beatty

My heart is on a journey from where it lives. But I must remember my way home.

Serafina marveled at how music seemed to have an almost magical ability to unite the emotions of the people in a room.

She couldn’t put it all together, but she smelled a rat.

And she knew that her fate wasn’t set by how or where she was born, but the decisions she made and the battles she fought. It didn’t matter if she had eight toes or ten, amber eyes or blue. What mattered was what she set out to do.

She vowed to be watchful. She vowed to be ready. For the night was her domain and hers alone.

All the while, they went about their rotten, ratty business and had no idea she was there.

There’s no shame here, none at all, just a strong desire to keep us both alive.

But what is power? she wondered. Was it the weapons and tools to act, or the ability to think? Was it talking to someone, or doing something? If you have only a small amount of power, and you’re able to do only the tiniest, most insignificant things, does that mean you’re powerless? Or with that tiny power, do you have all the power in the world?

Standing there in the forest on her own, she didn’t feel strong. And she didn’t feel happy. But she finally felt as if she could go on.