The Grace Year Quotes
"Five petals, perfectly formed, like they were made just for us."
"It's not a love like my father has for my mother, it's protective and pure."
"We are sisters, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, standing together for a common need, greater than ourselves."
"This path has been paved with blood, the blood of our own, but it was not in vain."
"We're not allowed to dream. The men believe it's a way we can hide our magic."
"For once, you're going to know what it feels like to be a lady."
"Your eyes are wide open, but you see nothing."
"Everything has been said. Nothing has been said."
"I wanted to let it go, sink back into my solitude, but I feel bad for never coming to her aid before."
"I’m not sure what stopped him. But then again, I’m not even sure if he was real."
"You only have to solve one problem at a time."
"I thought I had it all figured out, that I could slip beneath the surface, unnoticed, unscathed, but that’s certainly over now."
"Every comfort, everything we’ve grown accustomed to in the county has been taken away from us."
"This is the most freedom we’ve ever had. That we’ll probably ever get."
"Being comfortable and well fed is not going to lead us to our magic."
"You should feel it right here," she says, fanning out her fingers, making the girl take in a shuddering breath. "Do you feel the warmth? Do you feel the tingling? Like your blood is reaching for the surface, wanting to scream?"
"I see every tendon straining for magic. Yearning for greatness. Longing to be filled with something bigger than herself."
"The magic is real," she says before howling once more and then collapsing in Kiersten’s arms.
"You have to respect something that wants to live that bad," he said.
"I know what I saw. I know what I felt. They can call it magic. I can call it madness. But one thing is certain."
"Dream, little one. Dream of a better life. A truthful life."
"Maybe surrendering my flesh is the only way I can still be of use."
"When you get well enough to return to the herd, you’re going to need it."
"You don’t need the poppy anymore," he says. "At this point, it will do more harm than good. It’s up to the Gods now. You’re either going to live or you’re going to die."
"My eyes well up to the point that I can’t see clearly, but I refuse to blink. 'Because it isn’t real.' Saying it out loud feels dangerous but necessary."
"In the county, there’s nothing more dangerous than a woman who speaks her mind."
"We’re dangerous creatures. Full of devil charms. If given the opportunity, we will use our magic to lure men to sin, to evil, to destruction."
"To rid yourself of your magic," he says. "No," I whisper as I drift off to sleep. "To break us."
"Nothing in this world is cut and dried. From death there is life… that’s what my mother always says," he adds quietly.
"There are higher oaths," Ryker says, cradling the back of Anders’s head. "We always said we’d leave if given the chance."
"Heaven is a boy in a treehouse, with cold hands and a warm heart."
"Desperate to hide my feelings, I nod, and quickly turn away, placing the bloom on the edge of the table."
"I’m in love with him. I may not be able to spend my life with him, grow old with him, but I can choose to give him my heart. My body. My soul."
"We come from completely different worlds, but I feel closer to him than I’ve ever felt to anyone."
"I owe it to every fallen grace year girl. I owe it to myself."
"We may be without powers, but we are not powerless."
"I thought it was just the water, but I was wrong."
"It’s for the good of the camp. For the good of me."
"I’ll miss my family. I’ll miss seeing my sisters grow up."
"Sometimes I wonder if I’m so accustomed to struggling that anything else feels foreign to me."
"We hurt each other because it’s the only way we’re permitted to show our anger."
"I have to believe that some good will come out of all this destruction."
"All I can do is stand here and swallow it, like we have to swallow everything else."
"I’m different. It’s not just the news of the fire in the apothecary that has me feeling this way; this is about growing up."
"What could we possibly say to each other that would make this okay?"