M.A. Larson Quotes & Sayings

Revealing her secret to her friends had lightened her burden. She found herself better able to focus, and her mind became a dry sponge soaking up knowledge. Lieutenant Volf may have been a brittle — M.A. Larson

Sometimes the Fates have their own ideas about things. — M.A. Larson

Each of us is blessed with the ability to control our own decisions," she continued, "but cursed with the inability to control the decisions of others. — M.A. Larson

It's not enough to be courageous and compassionate and kind! You're got to be disciplined! You've got to be smart! — M.A. Larson

My little girl, five years old already. All our plans will one day come and go, won't they? — M.A. Larson

Friendship is like a carriage. It does not drive itself. Particularly when the road gets rocky. — M.A. Larson

You get to decide who you want to be. No one else. — M.A. Larson

All she wanted was for him to leave, yet all she wanted was for him to stay. — M.A. Larson

But you have fought and you have scraped and you have committed in a way that very few can. No one in any company has come as far as you have this year. No one. There's a princess in you, Evie, and a cracking good one. You've simply got to allow yourself the chance to be great." He began to pack away sewing supplies into wooden tubs. "Surviving the Academy only becomes more difficult next year. If you're planning to be here through the end, there is one thing you must absolutely understand. No victim has ever graduated from this Academy." She studied his bulbous back as he shuffled to the storeroom, letting his words linger. "You are not a victim in this world unless you choose to be. And if that's your choice, then you'll never be more than a frightened girl lost in the woods." He paused in the doorway, rubbing his back with the heel of his hand. "But the nature of choices is that there is always another." And a great, mischievous smile crawled across his face. — M.A. Larson

You are not a victim in this world unless you choose to be. And if that's your choice, then you'll never be more than a frightened girl lost in the woods." He — M.A. Larson

At times I feel such unbearable sadness . . . For a world with so much beauty, there is just so much cruelty." She — M.A. Larson

she already knew this would be one of her most revisited memories, one she'd want to examine from all angles and one whose afterglow she'd want to enjoy for a long time to come. They — M.A. Larson

The witch's weapon is fear. She aims to put as much into your heart as she can before she takes it. Either that or she'll simply turn you to stone. If that sounds preferable to death, it is not. The skin hardens to rock. The blood stops flowing. The living flesh is petrified, but the mind is not." The dull patter of rain was the only sound in the cavernous Armory. None of the girls moved. Most stared at the discarded weapons strewn across the floor. "The witch uses fear, but so do we. And there's nothing she fears more than love." She continued her slow patrol, locking eyes with whichever cadet was in front of her. "She has no answer for it. That is the magic of a Princess of the Shield. That is how you defeat a witch. Whoever scares the other in the core of her heart first, wins. That's the game. — M.A. Larson

A Princess of the Shield is courageous. She is compassionate. She is kind, and she is disciplined. Without these four core values, a girl may have all the crowns and castles she wants, but she will no more be a princess than she will a dragon. — M.A. Larson

All of it pointed to one simple fact: to be a princess was to battle witches. — M.A. Larson

may yet be sent away, but at least it will be because I'm not good enough, and not because I was too scared to try. She — M.A. Larson

Curses happen to even the most seasoned of princesses from time to time - " "But — M.A. Larson

You've simply got to allow yourself the chance to be great." He — M.A. Larson