“He knew then that the walls he built could keep others out forever but were too weak to keep him in. In that very moment, he discovered the fragility of his strength.” StrengthForgiveness Book:Song of the Wooden Sparrow Source: Song of the Wooden Sparrow
“Over the years, the folly’s stones had collected enough tantrums, sobs, anger, and threats of vengeance to power a war. Every sister made wild statements at the folly, beat her chest, declared desires to murder, then went back home, exhausted and diminished. The circle never varied: the house, the folly, the house, the folly, as if they were trapped in an infinite, inescapable loop.” WomenAbuseCyclesSisters Book:When Mist and Brine Touch Source: When Mist and Brine Touch
“Giving and taking were seldom equal among humans, and you had to work with what you had to make the situation fair in both directions. Because, Avery Lawry espoused, the fairness would someday come back to you in ways you might not even recognize.” GivingRespectFairness Book:Song of the Wooden Sparrow Source: Song of the Wooden Sparrow
“He had never been to an opera but had been told the women in it sounded like cats whose tails were stepped on, and his instincts told him he would hate a performance of screeching women.” ArtAppreciationOpera Book:When Mist and Brine Touch Source: When Mist and Brine Touch
“The future’s always perfect. Always know what to say, where to stand, what to do. Can see exactly how things’ll turn out in the future. But I never seen a thing that’s perfect in the future survive perfect when it reaches now. Same for the past. Damn past is like the scraps left over from disasters in the now. Everything’s messed up in the past. Even what works out fine was messed up before it turned out fine. That’s ’cause the past used to be now, you see?” TimeHopeFutureImperfectionNow Book:When Mist and Brine Touch Source: When Mist and Brine Touch