you are an ember in the ashes, elias veturius. you will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. you cannot change it. you cannot stop it. ― sabaa tahir, an ember in the ashes.

you are full, laia. full of life and dark and strength and spirit. you are in our dreams. you will burn, for you are an ember in the ashes. ― sabaa tahir, an ember in the ashes.

but you, helene aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. you are a torch against the night - if you dare to let yourself burn. ― sabaa tahir, a torch against the night.

you are my temple, i murmur as i knee beside her. you are my priest. you are my prayer. you are my release. ― sabaa tahir, a torch against the night.

love. i sigh. love is joy coupled with misery, elation bound to despair. it is a fire that beckons me gently and then burns when i get too close. i hate love. i yearn for it. and it drives me mad. ― sabaa tahir, a reaper at the gates.

i wonder if my entire life will be a series of moments in which i realize i’m an idiot long after i can actually do anything about it. will i ever feel like i know what i’m doing? ― sabaa tahir, a reaper at the gates.

curse this world for what it does to the mothers, for what it does to the daughters. curse it for making us strong through loss and pain, our hearts torn from our chests again and again. curse it for forcing us to endure. ― sabaa tahir, a reaper at the gates.

emifal firdaant. may death claim me first. ― sabaa tahir, a ​sky beyond the storm.

you are broken. but it is broken things that are the sharpest. the deadliest. it is broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated. ― sabaa tahir, a ​sky beyond the storm.

i wish i could live a thousand lives so i could fall in love with you a thousand times. but if all we get is this one, and i share it with you, then i will never want for anything... ― sabaa tahir, a ​sky beyond the storm.

we are doomed, you and i. to offer more love than we will ever be given. ― sabaa tahir, a ​sky beyond the storm.