“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 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
“Just because you are family doesn’t guarantee you’ll be friends.” — Cat Hellisen Family 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
“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
“There’s a distinct bitter aftertaste of Lady’s Gown in the tea, and I welcome it. Anything to sleep without dreaming.” — Cat Hellisen Aftertaste 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 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 Choices 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 Matriarch 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
“She is somewhat”—I search for an appropriate response—“imposing.” “I think you mean terrifying.” “That too.” — Cat Hellisen 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“I want to scream. My friend doesn’t mumble. She doesn’t walk with her head down. She doesn’t quietly accept that her education… — Cat Hellisen Eternal friendship 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
“Do you think I don’t care what happens to her?” He shakes his head. “No. I just think that you’ve forgotten what… — Cat Hellisen 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
“There is something frosty about her, and when she talks I expect to feel her breath against my face like a winter… — Cat Hellisen 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
“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
“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 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
“Carefully, I arrange the teapot, the little white cup, and the sugar bowl before me like an army. Defense? Or attack?” — Cat Hellisen 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
“I grit my teeth and wonder if it would matter if I strangled Dash in his sleep. Or poisoned his tea. I… — Cat Hellisen 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
“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
“Maybe I could have saved you once. Twice, even.” I want to reach up and brush back a lock of pale hair… — Cat Hellisen Choices 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
“A going-away party. We dress things up with pretty words. My friend is not going on a pleasure jaunt, or a holiday… — Cat Hellisen Friendship Copy Share Image
“Like all high-Lammers, I am a lucky accident of birth, gifted with a talent that can be expanded by something as simple… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
