Apprentice Alliance Quotes

“I love you,” her mother whispered, just like she always did.
“I love you more,” Sorrel whispered, just like she always did.
“I love you most.”
“I love you more than buttered toast.”
“I love you more than toast with ham!”
“I love you more than toast with jam!” Sorrel finished, and then Mother tickled her until she giggled.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“Theo took the bread with a smile, and held it up as though it were a punch glass. “A toast with toast. To friendship.”
Sorrel giggled and raised her bread as well. “And not dying!”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“The ‘right moment’ doesn’t just come along. You have to chase it down with a shovel.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“The best defense is to never get into a fight.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“That doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re stronger than anyone else because you keep trying even though it doesn’t come naturally to you.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“Was it irony, or contradiction? The pain you must cause to prevent pain?”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“Aunt Elora had taken it from her because she said food wasn’t allowed in the library. Sorrel had argued that according to her parents and to Aunt Elora, candy wasn’t “real food” and therefore the rules didn’t apply.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“Those who read stories could recognize a villain when they saw one.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“In a library floating above the clouds, Sorrel Willick was causing trouble.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“At age seven, the boy could already hold the sun in his hands.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“According to history, all humans were given the opportunity to create with the light of the world, but it’s up to them if they create, and what they create, for better or worse.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance

“She wasn’t the little girl she had been when her father had said those beautiful, untrue words. Now she had sunlight and starlight running through her veins.”
― Millie Florence, Apprentice Alliance