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

by Samantha Shannon

Susa had risked everything for a dream that was not hers. That sort of friendship was something not found more than once in a lifetime. Some might not find it at all.

No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.

“When history fails to shed light on the truth, myth creates its own.”

“That one day, you will forgive yourself. You are in the spring of your life, child, and have much to learn about this world. Do not deny yourself the privilege of living.”

She wanted to obey, but her mind would not. It picked at her old wounds until they bled again.

She had often said that the true alchemy was the work, not its completion.