The Marvellers Quotes

“You are a person who likes to know things, and I have no doubt that you won't stop until you've answered all the questions.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“The carved medallion of her parents faces tucked just beneath her shirt.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Just as we group the stars above, we organize the light within, making sense of chaos.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“The sky-ferry spread out before them: lush velvet seats, brass buttons Ell wished she could press, and a constellation map glimmering with colorful animals.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“most Marvellers had pets and sometimes monsters in their homes, but only Conjurors had companions, which were like your animal soul mates.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Ella spotted candles left in windows and galleries dressed in black, red, and green, all in support of her decision to go to the Arcanum Training Institute. Many folks wore their Sunday best and threw conjure-roses”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Conjure skillets sat on the stove; the family altar blazed bright with tall candles and portraits of smiling ancestors. Shelves full of glass jars boasted twilight stars. The garden crept along the wall as if it too had to say goodbye.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Ella had heard the story about her mama's twin ad how she'd gone missing the one and only time the family had ever gone to a Marvellian city. Her name added to the countless other Conjure folk who had never returned after traveling to the sky.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Conjure always left its mark."..."Her first mark as a Conjuror that began just as her mother's had, and her gran's had, and her great-grandmother's before that - eager, ready for her to do more conjure work.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“Conjurors were born with a deep twilight inside them, allowing the work of crossing spells and tending to the dead in the Underworld. Now Ella would be the first one to enroll, and when she passed all the tests, she'd be the first to join the Marvellian community.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“No Conjuror had ever been a Marveller before.
Until Ella.
Marvellers were born with marvels, light inside them that allowed them to perform magical feats. They lived in the skies above and away from non-magic-having Fewels... and Conjure folk.”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers

“So”
― Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers