“That’s all Mother needs to say. Our estate and House Malker’s are built on the high cliffs along Pelim’s Tooth. The Tooth,… — Cat Hellisen Parenting Copy Share Image
“Then again, I’ve never been overly fond of rational thoughts.” — Cat Hellisen Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“It could be a true future that Ilven saw—she’s a Saint after all. Was . Was a Saint.” — Cat Hellisen Time Copy Share Image
“There’s a distinct bitter aftertaste of Lady’s Gown in the tea, and I welcome it. Anything to sleep without dreaming.” — Cat Hellisen Tea Copy Share Image
“I will never let myself be caught like that—any marriage I make will be my own. A choice. A free one.” — Cat Hellisen Marriage Copy Share Image
“Whether I’m working a street corner or a market stall, well, that’s none of their business unless they’re buying. The anonymity is… — Cat Hellisen Investing Copy Share Image
“I picture my mother’s face when she must go out in public with Owen, the cold arrogant look she wears, as if… — Cat Hellisen Parenting Copy Share Image
“Before, I would have been powdered and perfumed, my hair done in an elaborate style by the patient fingers of servants. The… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“No one I know has ever seen the matriarch of House Sandwalker, although she’s rumored to be an imposing sort. For a… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“If her death wakes something in the deep, then she will bring more shame down on her House with that one act… — Cat Hellisen Death Copy Share Image
“None of them will believe me. I drop any attempt to explain myself and just gracefully accept that people are going to… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“Someone here died, I realize. Someone these people loved and cared for. I’m not the only person in the world tangled up… — Cat Hellisen Grief Copy Share Image
“I pull my mostly dry shawl tighter around my shoulders and dip my head so that I don’t have to look into… — Cat Hellisen Anger Copy Share Image
“There will be whys—people gossiping and speculating as to what Meke-damned trial drove her to it. Whatever thoughts spurred her on, Ilven’s… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“Dear Gris, if there's one thing I can't abide it's a bad poet.” — Cat Hellisen Poet Copy Share Image
“Seeing into the future is not a straight line. You are given the choice of a hundred paths through a treacherous swamp.… — Cat Hellisen Straight line Copy Share Image
“He sits down on the edge of the bed. “I wanted to talk to someone who wasn’t food or family.” There’s no… — Cat Hellisen Family Copy Share Image
“In the end, we make our choices on our own. And no matter how stupid they are, we have to live—or die—with… — Cat Hellisen Choice Copy Share Image
“You are not one of the heroes in your fucking street operas,” Dash shouts, his voice strangled. “You’re not.” Verrel pauses and… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“Witch-sign, they said. Little eddies, like miniature storms breaking the surface of the ocean. Witch-signs rise up in great numbers, last a… — Cat Hellisen Real truth Copy Share Image
“What, after all that subterfuge?” Jannik steps back and looks at me from under his rain-damp hair. “Far be it from me… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
“My mother still deludes herself that the letters are written out of more than a desire to spend as little time in… — Cat Hellisen Business Copy Share Image
“No. You’ve talked about it. I just had to sit and listen. The only person I can talk to is Ilven. We… — Cat Hellisen Grew Up Together Copy Share Image
“We’re going to watch the sun set,” he says. “I’m not sitting here any longer. Too much misery in this room. I… — Cat Hellisen Sun set Copy Share Image
“Let Piers and Owen make the wedding arrangements, just don’t expect the bride to be there like a dog called to heel.… — Cat Hellisen Marriage Copy Share Image
