Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)

by Mark Lawrence

He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter’s eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on what her parents can do, rather than just limits on what they choose to do. He knelt before her in a moment’s silence, somewhat less than he had been just seconds before, and Emy a half step closer to the woman she would one day become.

sometimes shallow is more than enough. You can drown in deep.

“Snow’s not good. It’s just cold water gone wrong.”

If God had meant man to walk he wouldn’t have given us horses. Wonderful animals. I think of them as the word escape, covered in hair and with a leg at each corner.