The Legend of the Golden Raven Quotes

“There is a difference between being nice and being kind. Being nice is about being polite. It gets the job done, clean and orderly. You are nice to people you don't know in the store buying groceries, or to a kitten you find under a car in the winter. It is doing what you should, when you're supposed to and how you're supposed to, when the time is right [...] Being kind is different. Harder. It means doing what is best even when the cost is high. It's saying something that hurt and hurt and hurt right now, so it wouldn't have to hurt ever again.”
― K. Ancrum, The Legend of the Golden Raven

“Take my eyes; take my voice; take my hands; take it all. If the stars exist behind the night and there is a king who grants the wishes of kings, if hope is a tether that binds to the light, I'd pay all the years I have left in darkness, please don't take him.”
― K. Ancrum, The Legend of the Golden Raven

“Jack fulfilled every inch of every requirement expected of him. Taking the lead when August got weak, handing it back when his own knees buckled. Hitting against each other back and forth until Newton's cradle turned into Huygens's pendulum and they finally moved as one.
After that thought, all at once, like a horrible cacophony of sound, the voice that lived behind his teeth whispered:
This is the love of your life.”
― K. Ancrum, The Legend of the Golden Raven

“You're the love of my life, you know," he said bravely.
August just looked at him and shrugged. "I know.”
― K. Ancrum, The Legend of the Golden Raven

“Hey.” August coughed. “How are you doing?” Jack sniffed and covered his eyes. A thousand needles prickled behind them and threatened to fall down his cheeks. “Don’t ask me that,” he whispered, his voice catching on the words. August reached up and pulled Jack’s hands down. Curling his fingers weakly around Jack’s wrist. “I have to.” August breathed. “I always will.”
― K. Ancrum, The Legend of the Golden Raven