Jay Kristoff

She shook her head. “You kept your promise. You didn’t leave me.”

‘“Never,” he vowed, eyes shining with tears. “I am so proud of you.”

‘“Merci,” she whispered, crying now. “Papa.”

for my sisters light and dark and all that is beautiful between

“But you will be a girl heroes fear.”

Only a child of ten, and already she knew the color of fear

It’s truth to say in all save solitude—and in some sad cases, even then—you can always count on the company of fools.

“It’s the smallest spiders that have the darkest poison, lads

Motivation had been the old man’s watchword, sure and true.

“When all is blood, blood is all.”

“… the brighter the light, the deeper the shadows…”

“Never flinch. Never fear,” Mia sighed. “And never, ever forget.”