Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros

There is more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.’”

“It’s beautiful, in its own little, dangerous way,” she remarked, her helmet resting between my spine and right shoulder blade. “Most everything that can hurt you is.”

“You’re not a complication in my life, Willow. You’re the reason.”

‘You’re free to make your own choices, but you’re not free from the consequences of that choice.’”