“ 'Nothing can make death easier,' Cala said, 'but silence can make it harder.' 'Speaking helps not,' Maia said.” — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“Maia screamed and woke. 'Serenity?' Cala's voice, Cala's angular shape outlined against the window. ' 'Tis an ironic title, in sooth,' Maia said feebly, realizing that the entangling garments of the nightmare were merely his bedsheets. His heart was hammering,… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“ 'We cannot decide,' the Witness for the Treasury said. 'We are sorry, but it is the truth.' 'May we suggest that indecisiveness is… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“She would not be what she is if she had ever had something given her that was a burden equal to her strength.” — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“They were all very much of a type, tall and narrow-faced, eyes pale blue and pale green and pale gray, their features sharp but… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“It was the first time in his life Maia had been surrounded by people who were like him instead of only snow-white elves with… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“ 'In our inmost and secret heart, which you ask us to bare to you, we wish to banish them as we were banished,… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“ 'Nothing can make death easier,' Cala said, 'but silence can make it harder.' 'Speaking helps not,' Maia said.” — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“Maia screamed and woke. 'Serenity?' Cala's voice, Cala's angular shape outlined against the window. ' 'Tis an ironic title, in sooth,' Maia said feebly,… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“After a time, he felt a deeper rhythm, the rhythm of the stone and water, not the rhythm of his words and heartbeat. He… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
“He remembered the moment when his thoughts had inverted themselves—that shift from not being able to please everyone to not trying—and the way that… — Katherine Addison Copy Share Image
