The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

“In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves. Night is when fear comes to us at its fullest, when we have no way to fight it,” Ead continued. “It will do everything it can to seep inside you. Sometimes it may succeed—but never think that you are the night.”

“The one who wears the chains is a thousand times greater than the one who wields them,”