“There it was again. That look, livid with hidden things. A secret. 'What is it, Kestrel? Tell me what's wrong.” — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“He'd believed it. She couldn't believe that he believed it. Sometimes, she hated him for that.” — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Kestrel studied her fingers, the way they wove together. She didn’t say Come back safely, and he didn’t say I always have.… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“How much easier everything would be if that were so. But Kestrel wouldn't let herself consider the truth. She didn't want to… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Kestrel's cruel calculation appalled her. This was part of what had made her resist the military: the fact that she could make… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“She turned to look at him, and he was already looking at her. “I’m going to miss you when I wake up,”… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“They had been dreamers. Her father always said that this was why they had been easy to conquer.” — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recent recasting of 'Cinderella' as a cyborg in the young… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“For a while there was no other sound than the liquid whisper of my brush across paper, and as I painted,I thought about how… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“There it was again. That look, livid with hidden things. A secret. 'What is it, Kestrel? Tell me what's wrong.” — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her name, as… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop. — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“I can't - Kestrel, you must understand that I would never claim you. Calling you a prize - my prize - it was only… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“Tch. Lovely lady, won’t you hear my plan? It is the very best. You’ll like it. Here it is: I am waiting.” “Sunbathing.” “Waiting,… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“Kestrel's eyes slipped shut. She faded in and out of sleep. When Arin spoke again, she wasn't sure whether he expected her to to… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
For many, many years, I thought that I wasn't good enough or that I would never be able to create something that could touch… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“She could've slept then. She wanted to. Sleep was blind, it was deaf, and it would take her away from this room and these… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had unfurled. If her heart were truly… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
“If you would like to know how easy it is to overlook evil, Petra could tell you: it is the easiest thing in the… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share
