47 Quotes About Nesta

Steel filled eyes cut to me. “If I had stayed to practise—" […] “What do I do now?”A purpose, I realised. Assigning her the task of finding a way to repair the holes in the wall… it had given my sister what perhaps our human lives had never granted her: a bearing.

No wonder she didn’t wish to speak to anyone about it—didn’t wish to bear witness on our behalf. It had been mere seconds for us while she’d gone under. I had never asked either of my sisters how long it had been for them inside that Cauldron.

I'll be with you every step of the way. Just don't lock me out. You want to walk in silence for a week, I'm fine with that. So long as you talk to me at the end of it.

Whatever you need to throw at me, I can take it. I won't break.

Never again. Never again would she be weak. Never again would she be at someone’s mercy. Never again would she fail. Never again, never again, never again.

Nesta tried—tried and failed—not to feel the blow, the sting of the words. Though she didn’t know why she was surprised by it. There were no paintings of her in this house, they did not invite her to parties or dinners anymore, they certainly didn’t visit—

Rough year, he almost said. Because that beautiful face was indeed pale, thinner than it had been before the war, her lips bloodless, and those eyes… Cold and sharp, like a winter morning. No joy, no laughter, in any plane of her exquisite face.

Whatever you need to throw at me, I can take it. I won’t break.

I painted flames for her. She was always angry, always burning