A Sky of Emerald Stars Quotes

“you chip off a piece of yourself to every moment of suffering, without taking the time to put yourself back together again, there will be none of you left to help fix this broken world.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“Grae was right. There were so many people in the shadows that stretched out over the horizon, people like me who wanted to claim their life, their destinies with two hands, just as Vellia had once told me to do. I couldn’t shrink myself down like I had in Taigos anymore. I needed to live bigger, louder, until my people believed they could, too. I knew being merem might never get easier, but I would get stronger until every single person in my court never felt the shame of trying to control themselves into ab box that never fit. I would make this court better than the one I inherited even if I had to die all over again trying.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“Perhaps the magic of their mating bond still lives on even with all of that violent magic inside her,” Ora said. “It won’t be easy, but maybe she can fight that darkness, maybe she can find a way back to herself through that connection…or harness it at least to help her mate. Maybe their love is stronger than the darkness.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“No one needs to suffer. Not even your enemies,” Navin said, letting out a disapproving grunt. I want to argue with him, to tell him exactly who I thought needed to suffer, but I knew he was right. Kill, yes – there were people who needed to die by my teeth and claws. But suffer? No – that wasn’t the warrior way.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“We will find another way. We’ve been bending over backward for her and the Ice Wolves. Briar has faked her heart way to that idiot Klaus. But more than all that, I’ve been watching you shrink yourself smaller and smaller in her present. I bit my tongue, because I thought it was what you wanted, but I can’t take it anymore, either. If they can’t handle the brilliance with which you burn, Call, then let them all catch fire. I’d rather be standing on top of their ashes then miss the brightness of your flames.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“Fuck anyone who would ever make you feel less than,” he said. “You deserve to be exactly who you are, unconditionally and without fear.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars

“She pursed her lips. “Something strange is going on,” she said, not really responding to what I’d just said, but that was okay – she was thinking rather than just reacting, and that was more than she’d done in weeks.”
― A.K. Mulford, A Sky of Emerald Stars