A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J. Maas
12" by 12", oil paint on tempered hard board
“I am tired of wanting to be anywhere but in my own head.” (p. 78)
“Every hated enemy, every moment she’d been powerless against them simmered to the surface. And with each movement of the sword, each breath, a thought formed. It echoed with every inhale, every thrust and block.
Never again.
Never again would she be weak.
Never again would she be at someone’s mercy.
Never again would she fail.
Never again, never again, never again.” (p. 402)
“”But I still don’t know how to fix myself.”
“There’s nothing broken to be fixed,” he said fiercely. “You are helping yourself. Healing the parts of you that hurt too much and perhaps hurt others too.”” (p. 506)
“”Maybe the House’s knowledge that I’m aware of it, and didn’t judge it, makes it easier to keep it in check,:
Amren put a hand above Nesta’s heart. “That’s the key, isn’t it? To know the darkness will always remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it… that’s the important part. To not let it consume. To focus upon the good, the things that fill you with wonder.” She gestured to the stars zooming past. “The struggle with that darkness is worth it, just to see such things.”” (p. 633)
“”I have been broken before,” Gwyn said, her voice clear. “I survived it. And I will not be broken again - not even by this mountain.”” (p. 694)
“In the beginning
And in the end
There was Darkness
And nothing more.” (p. 733)