Grace

“Isn’t that how these things begin, though? You abandon a bit of integrity to survive the moment, exchange what’s right for another day, another hour of security, telling yourself you’ll make it up later, but by then you’re midway down a slippery slope, gaining momentum for the chasm below.”
― Jeffe Kennedy, Bright Familiar

“That was the Annfwn of the past, however. One that seemed doomed to be lost forever. And it would be all my fault that I hadn’t saved it.”
― Jeffe Kennedy, The Fate of the Tala

“What is the difference,” he mused, “between appearing to be a thing and becoming it? I suspect if I act the role long enough, the clothes will begin to fit so well that I’ll forget I was ever pretending.”
― Jeffe Kennedy, Bright Familiar

“But seriously, there must be plenty of people who don’t attend the academy for one reason or another.”
“Sure.” She ticked off the reasons on one hand. “Lack of magic, lack of connections, lack of money.” She slid him a look. “Lack of sense.”
― Jeffe Kennedy, Bright Familiar