Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World Book 1)

by Rebecca Roanhorse

this balance between earth and animal and self feels right. Feels true.

“Seems anywhere there’s a natural resource, there’s someone willing to hoard it for themselves to make more money than they can spend.”

“Words matter,” he says. “The name you give things, it forms them when you speak. You must always be careful with your words.”

“The sad truth you do not wish to face, Magdalena, is that sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”

It is not the dying that is so awful, as the knowing that you must awaken alone the next dawn.

“Some people believe you destroy your enemies by making them your friends.”

“Everybody’s got a sob story these days, huh? Depressing as shit, if you ask me. Let’s talk about something happy.”

“Everything you’ve done, your past, it’s all just a story you tell yourself. Some of it is true, but some of it is lies.”

“You know people who love you don’t hurt you like that,”