Ember Falls (The Green Ember #2)

by S.D. Smith

“But it’s better to live as you will want to have lived, rather than spend your time worrying about the end. You are right here in your story. Don’t skip ahead.”

“You’ve always wanted things straight,” Heather said. “And there are few things more crooked than war.”

But he had no interest in the last fight, only the next one.

He fought because of what he loved, not because he loved to fight.

He will let us be who we are, inspire us to be who we ought, not promise us what we can never be.”

the prince is…well, he’s the prince. He is responsible for the actions he takes. You are not.”

“Let us hear with humility, see with generosity, speak with honesty,

“War is a splash of terror in a sea of boredom,”

You should own this mistake, but you must not take credit for the enemy’s work.

You cannot spend weeks in self-indulgent misery as you once did. You cannot give in to your grief. You must carry on and bear the flame.”