If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here…

“If he didn't like the writing, then he didn't like her, and everything she had done in her whole life would be for nothing.”

— Alethea Kontis

“People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die.”

— Alethea Kontis

“We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son.”

— Alethea Kontis

“They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow…

— Alethea Kontis

“The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful stranger as…

— Alethea Kontis

“ When sad she brings the thunder And her tears, they bring the rain When ill she feeds a poison To us all to…

— Alethea Kontis

“There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.”

— Alethea Kontis

“Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.”

— Alethea Kontis

“Perhaps her giant bright-eyed sister had finally come to put her out of her misery just when things had gotten interesting.”

— Alethea Kontis

“Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention?”

— Alethea Kontis

“They know their crime," she said. "They know their shame.”

— Alethea Kontis

For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a…

— Maggie Nelson

“What you choose also chooses you.”

— Kamand Kojouri

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you…

— Alethea Kontis

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

— Alethea Kontis