A Conjuring of Light

It was cowardice, he knew, but cowardice came so much easier than hope.

I loved him the way the moon loves the stars

Revolutionaries were too easily mistaken for madmen.

Loyalty is either bought or earned

You’re just so easy to rile. You really can’t fault me for doing it.

“It doesn’t matter what someone is. Only what they think they are.”

Sometimes you had to pretend, everyone knew that. Pretend to be happy. Pretend to be brave. Pretend to be strong. If you pretended long enough, it eventually came true.

Only fools are certain

“Life isn’t made of choices,” said Holland. “It’s made of trades. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have a cost.”

A queen could leave her throne.

But a mother never leaves her son.