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“Clarion." He said her name like a plea. "Weighed against your life, they are nothing to me. I would make that trade every time.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“Weighed against your life, they are nothing to me. I would make that trade every time.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“I don’t regret what I’ve done, nor do I blame you for what happened. I’d do it again if given the opportunity.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“She’s worth protecting.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“She twined her fingers in the fabric of his cloak where it met at the dip of his collarbone. Holding his gaze, she said, "I don't want to leave."
Milori looked as though he had been waiting his entire life for those words. A dam had given way within him, and the emotion burning in his eyes broke over her like a wave. His hands came to rest over hers, his fingers encircling her wrists. She could feel the wild thrum of his heart beneath her touch, the chill of his skin seeping into hers.
"Then don't," he murmured into the bare space between them.
Don't. As though it were the simplest thing in the world.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“Go," Clarion whispered. "Please." He looked stricken. "I can't." He knelt at her bedside. "Not yet.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“I love you too." He said miserably.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“When things seem impossibly dark, bulb flowers are sparks of hope. It takes time for things to bloom. You just have to be patient
and nurturing. So be nice to yourself. You’ll grow into it, I promise.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“For a moment, the two of them lay side by side like a couple of stargazers. Slowly, Clarion splayed her fingers out across his chest and propped herself up to peer down at him. His hair pooled around him, a spill of white against the muted blue of the ice.

For just a little longer, she wanted to stay here, where nothing existed but the two of them.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“It amazed her how a place could carry both such joyful and painful memories. But she wanted to remember Winter like this: a friend, holding its companionate silence with her.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“Be angry if you must," he said, "but I can't lose you.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“Milori tipped her chin up so that he could meet her gaze. “You will have all your subjects to love you. And even if I am not beside you, you will still have me. There will never be a star brighter. I will always love you.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“It was strangely comforting— and strangely beautiful, to be known without having to speak a word.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

“Clarion stayed on the bridge until he vanished into the tree cover, until the clouds overhead gave way and gentle rain began to fall. She stood alone in Spring as the scent of petrichor rose around her, staring out at the cold emptiness of Winter.
It would call her home for the rest of her long life.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight