Maria V. Snyder, Magic Study Quotes

Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you.

Another relative?" Valek asked.A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife'sthird cousin."--Valek and Moon Man

Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. “Are you directing your magic to the candle?”“Yes. W

They were my family, yet they were strangers.

Don't judge what you don't know.

Good food, fresh water, and an occasional sweet and someone to care for. That's what everyone should have. A simplistic and unrealistic view I knew, but it soothed me.

Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact.

Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her.