“Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?" "Yes." "Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?" "No," Brigan said gravely. "I've not eaten in two months. It's a hunger strike to protest the spring flooding in the south." "Gracious," Roen said, reaching for the fruit bowl. "Have an apple, dear.”
Kristin Cashore, born in 1976, is an accomplished American writer known for her unique narrative style and profound thematic explorations. Her works are highly appreciated by both young and adult readers. more
“Dear Brigan, she thought to herself. People want incongruous, impossible things. Horses do, too.”
“Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.”