Under the Earth, Over the Sky Quotes

“Do you truly believe I would break my magic for anyone who is not the most precious child in all these lands or the next?”
― Emily McCosh, Under the Earth, Over the Sky

“You said I was your son... You said the forest made me for you. You said I was special because I was yours and the forest made me for you. But I'm not...”
― Emily McCosh, Under the Earth, Over the Sky

“Round eyes blink up at him, and Iohmar is struck by the color - brown as the rich soils of his mountains stretching to the sky, browner than a fawn's coat and just as warm.”
― Emily McCosh, Under the Earth, Over the Sky

“Watching her stray across the sands sours his stomach and brings heat to his eyes. She does not need my protection. This he knows. She does not need my protection. But neither did his parents need his protection.”
― Emily McCosh, Under the Earth, Over the Sky

“What must the human have thought to gaze into the trees and see the same woods gazing at him in return?”
― Emily McCosh, Under the Earth, Over the Sky