46 Quotes by Tessa Gratton

You’re no saint. We taste it in your heart.

I thought about... our kind being killed, but I am not concerned. I have real power – no one could keep me chained, because my blood can transform iron into water. I could walk through walls if I needed, and now – now I know I can throw my mind into another’s, and how easy, then, would it be to unlock any cage? We are invincible, Philip and I. Like unto God. Or the Devil.

I do not allow stars or prophecies to dictate my choices.

I will never forget you,′ she whispers, ’and somewhere inside, you’ll know.

The rain washes too many secrets away. It isn’t good where they collect.

What is the point of a crown without a legacy?

You know how, when you dream, sometimes you don’t remember anything but what kind of dream it was? Frightening or hilarious or just strange? How there’s only the feeling of it like a ghost in your mind?

He’s so perfect, he’s going to die.

No one thing keeps Innis Lear alive or its heart beating! That is not love! That is selfishness. That is pretending we are all only one thing. Only a star, only a woman, only a bastard. You’re more than that, and I am, too: a woman and daughter of a foreign queen and a star priest. I’m all of that. Take one piece away and the rest shifts and changes, just like... just like this island, or any land.