Of Ash and Embers (The Mist King, #2)

by Jenna Wolfhart

“Books are the boards beneath our feet. Without them, we risk wading in mud.”

We just needed to hold each other like two broken rafts tied together, tumbling through a storm-tossed sea. Right now it felt as though we might never find still waters again. But we would find a way to survive this as long as we did not let go.

“As long as dreams remain, so do the stars,”

“Their time has been cut short, but in your grief, you must remember they will never truly perish. On this table, we have their essences, and we will give it back to the waters of this world. They will become one with the earth, and they will forever live on, not just in our hearts, but in the very ground beneath us. Now, repeat after me: Grant, O Life, the strength to carry on;