Taleisha

“Eventually Reichis asked, 'You know why this is such a stupid idea?'
'You said that already. Like, twelve times.'
'Yeah, but do you know WHY it's a stupid idea?'
I stopped. 'Why?'
Reichis shivered on my shoulder. 'Because this place is giving me the creeps, and I'm a squirrel cat - normally we're the ones giving other people the creeps.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Shadowblack

“I’m going to go murder something.’ ‘It’s called hunting, you know.’ ‘Not the way I do it.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Shadowblack

“She slapped my arm surprisingly hard. 'Not with words, with whispers.'
'But you said-'
'I said, you said... Stop saying! The spirits, they don't like loud things. That's why they come out here where it's quiet, where no people are. They don't need you talking at them, just whisper!'
If it had been as simple as just whispering the words, that would have been easy. But it wasn't, as i discovered when she smacked me again. "That's just talking quiet.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Shadowblack

“For everyone who’s ever wondered if they were enough.”
― Lori M. Lee, Forest of Souls