Stars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

A pause came between them, and it was so full of Akiva that Karou imagined she could smell him.

I shudder to think. I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex- Must touch-and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.

Ziri's soul felt like the high roaming wind of the Adelphas Mountains and the beat of stormhunters' wings, like the beautiful, mournful, eternal song of the wind flutes that had filled their caves with music he could not possibly remember. It felt like home.

The worst moment of one's life could be seared into the memory, brighter than any joy.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.