142 Quotes by Susan Dennard

Dead grass is awakened by fire,dead earth is awakened by rain.One life will give way to another,the cycle will begin again.

Iron might weep, but it did not break.

I can still make a fist, and breath still burns in my chest. So look at my face. Look at my mortal soul, and remember it. You did not crush me, and you will have the rest of eternity to think on it.

I brandished my parasol at him like a rapier. "You, sir, are an abominable scalawag of a man, and I'll be damned if I let you threaten me.

Real love isn't about drama or heartbreak. Real love just is.

No, no, not 'she,' he reminded himself. Cam lived as a boy, and though Merik wasn't used to that yet–to thinking of Cam as a 'he'–they had weeks of travel ahead, Plenty of time which Merik could retrain his mind.

Stop seeing what you want to see, Merik Nihar, and start seeing what's really here!

Is that what you think I am? All this time, and you still haven’t sorted it out? Why am I surprised? You didn’t notice me when we were on the Jana. You couldn’t even remember my name back then, so why should I expect you to understand—to see me for what I am now!

You think you’re so selfless, you think you’re working to save everyone, but what if you’re going about it all wrong? At least when I live as a boy, no one gets hurt. But you pretendin’ to be a martyr? Pretending to be the Fury? That hurts everyone.