A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1)

by Daniel Abraham

He was not loved or wanted in his home, and he understood that thinking too much about this truth would kill him.

“It’s a fallen age, boy. The great poets of the Empire ruined it for us. All that’s left is picking at the obscure thoughts and images that are still in the corners. We’re like dogs sniffing for scraps. We aren’t poets; we’re scholars.”

The problem loving someone you don’t trust is finding the right distance.”

Locking away a part of yourself—especially a shameful one—gives that part power over all the rest.

To lose everything is not the worst can happen.”