Cinda Williams Chima: Likeness

“Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.”

“He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only”

“A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail.”

“They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of illicit kisses.”

“There's something about a roof isn't there? It makes you feel like it doesn't matter what's going on below. All of those things that get in the way of your dreams - you're above them. Anything is possible.”

“She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.”

“Both Averill and Bayar were like actors speaking lines for their audience and not to each other.”

“You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste.”

“Grief was like that. It gradually faded into a dull ache, until some simple sight or sound or scent hit him like a hammer blow.”