The people around me gasp in recognition of the seal.

“Like all good teachers, he loves the moment of revelation, when the light of knowledge passes to his pupil.”

— Rae Carson

“That man’s so low he has to reach up to rub the belly of a snake.”

— Rae Carson

“Becky will be so disappointed in us.” “Becky lives to be disappointed in people. If we get out of her way, she’ll expand her…

— Rae Carson

“Cosmé is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxi’s place, Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her…

— Rae Carson

“It’s the highest art form, deceiving without lying. A word is the only thing in the world made more powerful by absence than existence.”

— Rae Carson

“You look beautiful," Alodia says. I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I’m beautiful to the one person who matters." She nods. "Hector’s…

— Rae Carson

“Hope. Such a dangerous thing.”

— Rae Carson

“I could heal you-" "No," he says, sharply enough that it startles me. "Everyone is dead. Gavin, Jedro, Melita... All gone. My life, my…

— Rae Carson

“What can you tell me about this ship?” “She’s one hundred fifteen feet in length, with a beam of twenty-eight, and a depth of…

— Rae Carson

“. . . it's probably been a year or more since I've had beef." - Jacián”

— Rae Carson

“I cover his hand with my own: "The Champion must not waver," he says in my ear. "Yea, though SHE pass through the shadow…

— Rae Carson

“It's nice to consider that God may not count imperfection as an obstacle to working out his will in the world.”

— Rae Carson

“The less you say, the more your words will matter.”

— Rae Carson

“From the mouths of the innocents flows truth.”

— Rae Carson

“Murder is no less a crime when the victim is common born.”

— Rae Carson