“She felt like she stood on ground that was crumbling away under her feet. She didn't know what the right course of action was. She didn't know which way to go. So, in the end, she would do the one thing she did know. The one thing she was good at. She would stand her ground. And she would fight until she found her way. If she ever did.” PainCourageIsolation Book:Of Dwobbits, Dragons and Dwarves Source: Of Dwobbits, Dragons and Dwarves
“It was like he was a broken mirror, and everything about him was a shard. His voice, his laughter, the barest glimpse of him when she failed to look away fast enough, all of it razor sharp. All of it slicing easily through barriers she'd spent most of a lifetime building.” PainGriefMemoryIsolationShe Walks In Shadow Author:ISeeFire
“All she could see was that she'd already had her first failure. A second chance, according to her aunt. She was wrong. There were no second chances, not for her. Not after the reason it had all gone wrong the first time was because of her. Because she was too much of a coward to act. She was here because of the cursed ring. Her curse. This was no second chance. It was a punishment.” PainGoosebumpsShe Walks In Shadow Author:ISeeFire