Into the Hourglass (The Evermore Chronicles, #2)

by Emily R. King

As the sword rested in the girl’s eager hands, she remembered that, before she was a blade, she had been a star. Although the lass was also broken, she, too, had a purpose, and together, the two of them would rival the sun.

my mind booms with two words that confirm every doubt I’ve ever had about myself. She’s broken.

one couldn’t enter the presence of his dozens of merchandise clocks without the pieces welcoming them into the motion of time.

“Extraordinary” really means missing out on the life that everyone else

It is a well-known fact that a human who enters a giant’s domain is likely to never again see their family or friends.

Secrets are a burden. The weight of mine has pressed down upon me for so long that sometimes I fear I will be crushed by it.

Do more than survive, Everley Donovan. Bloom.”

“Because some sacrifices are so immense they change the course of the future.

“Mankind’s limited time fuels an insatiable lust in them to live their fullest life. Humans value time more than any other creature. They are encouraged to better themselves each day and do something worthy of becoming a legend.”

the sea is like a big secret I want to be part of yet don’t want to carry the burden of knowing.

I haven’t had a real heart in so long that I delight in the strain of its quick beat, the sensation of living on the edge of its might.

Both of them refuse to give in to time and aging, while it has always been my fondest dream to live long enough to grow old.

“Take the last of my years and create something beautiful.”