20 Quotes by Sarah Fine

Some people can’t keep fighting. Some people want to escape. Some people are not ready—are not able—to find a way to deal with what’s in front of them. Sometimes there’s no one to help them. Sometimes they don’t know how to ask for help. Sometimes it feels like there’s no choice but to end it. No other way out. And sometimes it’s impossible to see past that.

We cannot own each other, Bo. We can only offer what is ours to give.

Focus on what's next, not what came before.

I close my eyes and dream, because wishes are out of my reach. They require hope. Dreams do not; they are fueled by the unreal, the forbidden, the things that will not ever exist in this world.

As long as you think like that, you'll be as brainless and helpless as the actual cuff of Astia. Use your will, Elli, for surely you have one. How else did you survive the torture that nearly killed you? How else did you make it to the woods? How else are you right here, after weeks of winter spent living in a cave, for stars' sake, looking stronger and healthier than I ever expected? No will, my arse.

What are we without our memories?”"Happy? I think I would be.”“But you might not be you.

Instead of embroidering silk, I embroider skin.

When you are the Valtia, you'll be better than good, Elli. You may doubt anything in this world, but never doubt yourself.

Oskar's lips are only a few inches away. "But I'm not scared of you." The corner of his mouth curves up, and then he brushes his lips over mine. They're cool and soft and it's over way too soon. We stare at each other. "Can I do that again?" he whispers ...