Child of Shadows Quotes

“In my dreams I saw Chiwa's hand: pale and elegant with glowing veins reaching out toward Hadithi. I wanted to warn him with a scream; to shout at him to run, but I couldn't move or speak or blink. All I could do was watch. The witch’s hand dripped with dark crimson blood, filling every crevice of her fingernails, seeping onto a stone surface.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“You speak of shame as a beautiful thing, something to be gained because you yourself are overcome with it.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“Because someone needs to care. You don't deserve to live like this. You don't deserve to die. You deserve to have someone care enough to do everything they can to help you – even if that person is only a gutter rat like me.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“Each breath came a little faster, my lungs desperate for the oxygen I somehow believed I wasn’t getting. My skin crawled with a thousand tiny centipedes that climbed out of the surrounding salt and were now consuming me. I broke out into a cold sweat and shut my eyes, paralyzed by fear.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“Light has found a way because love runs deep.' The voice echoed in my ears as Einar's pulse quickened to match my own. 'Hold onto this hope. You will need it. This is who you are. Do not forget it.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“Death in birth, death in childhood, death in all aspects, areas, and desires. It is death that I breathe, death that I serve, and death that I live for.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“What if I can't do this? What if I fail? What if the hope I keep giving to everyone around me turns out to be another twist in the nightmare?" I cried, tears falling on the small dragon trying to comfort me. "What if my fine words are just that: words?”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“I can't promise we'll win." Hadithi said again, reaching out for my hand, palm upturned. "I can't promise you'll succeed, or you won't experience horrible things. But I can promise we'll be with you until the very end.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“You can't leave me here alone." I whispered, pulling the hand I clasped between my own to my forehead, tears streaming down my face. "This isn't how the story is supposed to end. We've come too far!" I shouted, desperate for someone to tell me I was right.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows

“The sun. It's never felt this way before. So nearby. So alive. So warm.”
― Ellen ES Ceely, Child of Shadows