Bonnie (A Backwards Story)

“My priority would be to protect my family -- and I would have picked whatever side could keep them safest. I hadn't thought of it as a weakness until now.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I knew it would be hard when I promised you my best," he said, drying my tears in turn.
I'd been naive to think the suffering was mine alone. He suffered, too. Just differently.”
― L.R.W. Lee, Lullaby

“Friday had always considered herself to be equal among her siblings, but by the time the ship finally came to rest in the harbor, she felt she had finally lived up to the Woodcutter name.”
― Alethea Kontis, Dearest

“It told a story...the story of Prythian. It began with a cauldron. A mighty black cauldron held by glowing, slender female hands in a starry, endless night. Those hands tipped it over, and, from it, golden sparkling liquid poured out over the lip. No -- not sparkling, but...effervescent with small symbols, perhaps some ancient faerie language.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses