My indie bookstore owner pressed The House Witch into my hands and said, "oh, you will love this." Three series and ten books later, I understand completely why the community around these books is as passionate as it is.

“Incredible,” Blackwell echoed. “The audacity of men worth less than dirt.”

In my opinion, the revolution went too far. Something needed to change—don’t get me wrong. No one should cower beneath their government’s boots. But the Republic has become what it meant to correct: a nation ruled by fear.

She laughed to solidify the part she was playing. But deep down, her soul wilted.

You can use those claws of yours all you wish. Can’t you tell I’m not going anywhere?

It is bold to see the life you wish to live and take it.

Mind your manners, but always, always ask questions if you have them. Good people don’t mind questions.

If you think there is nothing anyone can teach you, you are not just insufferable—you’re right. You will not learn anything… except the looming and painful lesson of failure.

if you do not learn to defend yourself, you give power to your enemies. And with that power, they’ll make decisions on your behalf. You put your fate in the hands of others.

I realized that it didn’t matter how perfect I was. I was never going to be good enough because they didn’t want me to be perfect or extraordinary. They wanted me to be invisible.

Heck, I’ve lost my temper a few times. Also, I can be a bit too blunt, and excuse it by saying I’m just an honest person, but if I’m truly being honest, sometimes blunt is just mean. Honesty can be an excuse for bullying.

There is doom to be found everywhere if doom is what you seek.

I used to think that the Order as a society was broken, but watching you navigate it, knowing what they’ve done to you because of it, being away from it myself, showed me that it’s not broken. It’s working exactly as designed. A wheel, drenched in hate and control, churning.

Reader, I nearly fled. Cold iron holds no power over my kind, but we are quite repulsed by dull people.

Your records show exceptional intelligence and mediocre results. It’s a comfortable place, mediocrity. Never pushing oneself to the limits to see what you can take. Never staring down your fears, never reaching into yourself to find that last bit of courage.

The final book of the Fallen Gods trilogy by Hannah Kaner.

“Pain isn’t a competition,” I assure him. “There’s always enough to go around.”

A person could work and work and work, and still never “earn” their dues. Sometimes success meant determination… and sometimes, it was just luck.