“Dear Gris, if there's one thing I can't abide it's a bad poet.” — Cat Hellisen Poet Copy Share Image
“Then again, I’ve never been overly fond of rational thoughts.” — Cat Hellisen Rational Copy Share Image
“It could be a true future that Ilven saw—she’s a Saint after all. Was . Was a Saint.” — Cat Hellisen Future Copy Share Image
“All futures are tinted by the way in which you choose to view them.” — Cat Hellisen Futures 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
“I will never let myself be caught like that—any marriage I make will be my own. A choice. A free one.” — 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 Dash 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
“None of them will believe me. I drop any attempt to explain myself and just gracefully accept that people are going to… — Cat Hellisen Argue 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
“Seeing into the future is not a straight line. You are given the choice of a hundred paths through a treacherous swamp.… — Cat Hellisen Mother 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 Anonymity 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 Brother Copy Share Image
“There’s no love lost between Hob and high-Lammer. The Hobs work our factories, sail our ships, wash our clothes. They are the… — Cat Hellisen Love 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 Owen 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
“Just sleep here.” At my sharp look he laughs. “I’ll take the floor, and I’ll get you to your job on time.… — Cat Hellisen Time Copy Share Image
“Pelimburg is a city of rain and mist and spray. It’s supposed to be my home, but a lifetime lived in my… — Cat Hellisen Parenting Copy Share Image
“I want to be far away from that, from people who hate me because I was born into the Pelim name. And… — Cat Hellisen People Who Hate 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 Hair Far 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
“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
“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
“This time I keep to the long shadows where the darkness gathers thickest, picking my way across the silvery damp grass until… — Cat Hellisen Edge of the world 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
“I think I want to sleep,” I say. And I do, really, I do. The last thing I want is to be… — Cat Hellisen Psychology 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
“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
“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
“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
“Just because you are family doesn’t guarantee you’ll be friends.” — Cat Hellisen Family Copy Share Image
“Here is the last truth of Saints: We will always choose the path which brings us the most power. I spread my… — Cat Hellisen Truth Copy Share Image
“If there’s one thing my mother taught me, it is how to wear the perfect mask. Never show them what you’re really… — Cat Hellisen Mask Copy Share Image
“I grit my teeth and wonder if it would matter if I strangled Dash in his sleep. Or poisoned his tea. I… — Cat Hellisen Poisoned Copy Share Image
“No matter what the results, it is my choices that define me. And I will fight for them, even when it seems… — Cat Hellisen Failure Copy Share Image
“She is somewhat”—I search for an appropriate response—“imposing.” “I think you mean terrifying.” “That too.” — Cat Hellisen Imposing Copy Share Image
“Carefully, I arrange the teapot, the little white cup, and the sugar bowl before me like an army. Defense? Or attack?” — Cat Hellisen Attack Copy Share Image
“If all I can feel is the very fraying edge of their grief, then I do not want to think how dark… — Cat Hellisen Grief Copy Share Image
“Are you asking me if I fuck my food?” The words sound overly harsh in the darkness. “I suppose I am.” — Cat Hellisen Asking Copy Share Image
