How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Promise me."
"Of… course," said Azalea. "You know I will."
The moment the words escaped her lips a wave of cold prickles washed over her. They tingled down her back, through her veins to her fingertips and toes, flooding her with a cold rain shower of goose prickles. (1.46-48)
Without realizing it, Azalea has just sworn on silver, which is an oath enforced by magic—so no wonder she gets goose bumps. We imagine Azalea's mom knows what she is doing when she makes her daughter take this oath, and we can guess at how desperate she must be to try to do something to help her family since her time to live is officially limited.
Quote #2
"Do you feel that?" Mother said, when Azalea had mastered the brilliant, dizzy step. "That warm, flicker bit inside of you? That's magic. The deepest sort. So deep it doesn't have a name. But it is magic, just the same." (3.52)
This deep, warm, flickery kind of magic is something Azalea feels when she dances with her mother or her sisters. It's not the same kind of magic as the enchanted tea set that (kinda creepily) can move around on its own and snap at you—no, it's a different kind of magic, one that doesn't have a name (which makes it difficult to talk about, unfortunately for us).
Quote #3
"That mark, the D'Eathe mark, when it's on brick, marks a hidden passage. Did you know that? You can open it by rubbing silver on it." (4.87)
So you look for a certain stamp on a brick, rub something silver on it, and it opens into a magic passage. Got it—thanks, Mr. Bradford. Azalea has never heard this before, but now that she knows to keep an eye out for the D'Eathe mark on bricks within the palace, she manages to find the hidden passage inside her bedroom that leads to Keeper's pavilion. So in a sense, this whole thing is Mr. Bradford's fault.