Maya > Books: fantasy‎ (22)

"All Obi-Wan wanted was to be a Jedi Knight, to go out into the galaxy and be an agent of goodness, of order, of the light."

"'...I was living in fear for so long. Afraid to fail, afraid to let others down, afraid of loss, afraid of even being afraid.'

'And you're not afraid now?'

'No, I still am. But I'm not letting it control me anymore.'"

“‘Your fear is good, Santha. It tells you that you are alive, and drives you to be cautious with that life. The danger you face is very real, but you have been chosen for a reason. Just like you and I were to meet, the path to your destiny is set before you.'”

“‘Let me tell you a little secret. Destiny. Fate. It is not a passageway—narrow, enclosed, predetermined with a destination irrevocably set—but rather, a field as far as the eye can see with any number of routes to take.'”

“Whatever was to come, she made a vow: never again would she let others pay the price for her own choices. No matter the cost to herself.”

"People no longer identified themselves by ethnicity. We were no longer Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or biracial. We had become a beautiful multiracial generation. A generation that came to be known as One World."

"Trust the magic in you and know I will forever be in the shadow of its light."

"You are she, the one all of Croswald has been searching for. Waiting for, whether they knew it or not."

"You’re alive… You are Croswald’s only hope. This is your destiny."

"...you expect me to keep your secret. To lie to my friends and betray my colleagues to do so. To risk their lives... For an Aeriel. An Aeriel who's been lying to me - making a fool out of me - all this while."

"There was a time when I needed you... That time is long gone. I don't need your charity. The only thing I need from you now, is vengeance."

"Now there was a sight he had never thought he'd see. Exiles working with humans to hunt down their own kind."

"He was probably minutes away from death. And yet, somehow, he hadn't felt so alive in a long time."

"It'd been a long time since he'd dared hope for anything so glorious. Tomorrow would bring it's own problems. But he was going to relish this - this moment - for all he was worth."

"'Twenty years ago... my mother killed my little brother. Then she killed herself.'"

"It undid her. Thoroughly. This man, this odd, distant man, who had grown up in a house of blood and terror and was even now looking at her, with all her own demons, and seeing her. Truly seeing her. Admiring her. Understanding her. Oh, it was foolish and mad, and she might regret it, but right now, she could not see how."

"It is not the first night screams have rung through the halls of Ashbury Manor. It will not be the last."

"...she had been the dead. Been possessed by the dead. It was real, and suddenly Beatrix was part of this... place. This haunting."

"The happenstance of someone’s birth should not determine whether or not they are impoverished. It is up to those of us with power in whatever form to work to make the lives of everyone better, starting with those less fortunate than us…"

"They could have stood there forever, twined together and perfectly still in the midst of the chaos that had engulfed the castle, and she would have been happy."

"I told you once before to trust your instincts. You've suppressed them for so long you no longer recognize them for what they are - a warning."