The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

by Rachel Gillig

“The designs of men, trying to reach gods, or that of gods, trying to reach men?” My hammer collided with a chunk of granite. “What is either to the intricacies of women, who reach both?”

“What is magic, what is memory, and why are both so haunting?”

“If you value your friend when he fights your battles for you—when he is rogue and ruthless—you must value him when he is gentle, too. Otherwise you do not value him at all.”

My armor may dent, my sword may break, but I will never diminish.

“I think I would like to stop promising myself away, or else there will be nothing left of me to give, King Castor.”