Sara Raasch

“A Winterian wielding an Autumnian weapon, using Cordellan allegiance to bring Spring crumbling down.”

“In the face of all that has happened, it feels good, really good, to just breathe for a moment.”

“I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others.”

“I know he sees it, because for the briefest moment he drops his expressionless mask and the look in his eyes shows me he feels the same way. A mirror of every part of myself I can't bear to face.”

“That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice.”

“I know there are things you aren’t telling me. Big things…Sir, I will find out. I only hope your reasoning is good enough for me to forgive you.”

“All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children.”

“No one should be forced to be something they aren't.”

“Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen," he says in response.”

“It's a weapon we have, and we need all the weapons we can get”

“No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.”