Rae Carson

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

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  • b8493463703has quoted5 years ago
    I imagine what it would feel like to have that spear crush its way into my back.
  • b7597826196has quoted5 years ago
    “Everyone has doubts,” he whispers. “Pray through them. God will show you what to do when the time comes.”
  • b7597826196has quoted5 years ago
    My soul glorifies God; let it rejoice in my Savior
    For he has been mindful of his humble servant
    Blessed am I among generations
    For he lifted me from the dying world
    Yea, with his righteous right hand he lifted me
    He has redeemed his people, given them new life abundant
    My soul glorifies God; let it rejoice in my Savior.
  • b7597826196has quoted5 years ago
    Has not God chosen those who are pained in this world to inherit his paradise? For it is through suffering we understand our need for his righteous right hand. Indeed, our spiritual needs outweigh our physical ones. Blessed be the name of God.”
  • TGEhas quoted7 years ago
    And dark skinned and fat.” I feel the cold edges and aching hardness of my jaw. “And grief overcame her, and she breathed her last.”
  • TGEhas quoted7 years ago
    But the most frightening thing of all is I am about to be someone’s wife.
  • TGEhas quoted7 years ago
    My mouth freezes, midchew, as I realize that he probably did.
    I am the counteroffer.
  • Carina Rita Hansenhas quoted8 years ago
    “Don’t be so cold, Elisa. Don’t be like me.”
    I stumble back. “But . . . it helps.”
    She shakes her head. “No. You think it does, but it doesn’t.
  • Carina Rita Hansenhas quoted8 years ago
    He gifts me with that easy smile of his, so familiar now, and so dear. Something unfurls inside of me, like a blooming sacrament rose. And I realize I love him.
    “What?” he whispers. “What is it?”
    My heart is so full it aches. “I’ll tell you later!”
  • Carina Rita Hansenhas quoted8 years ago
    “It’s easier,” I say. “With you here.”
    He says nothing, just studies my eyes, my lips, my neck. With the buzzing crowd so thick around us, it’s almost like being alone. “Elisa,” he murmurs. The soft pad of his thumb brushes my shoulder. “I think there is a way.”
    “What do you mean?” I could stand here forever with him.
    “You said if there were a way to be free of him”—his thumb skims my collarbone
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