Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic.
Suffering Quotes
I did not want to go to the academy. But what I wished, what I feared, didn't matter a crap to my father, and it never had. "Sit up straight," he repeated. My mother made a little gesture of protes...
The Supernatural Quotes
Application to the academy was kept secret; my father had threatened me with a whipping if I told anyone, even Aben. But there had been whispers at school among those of us who were second and thir...
Society and Class Quotes
Once the eye-burning stench of greasewood was gone, the beggars would swarm back to the boardwalk. But by then the shopkeepers' dogs would be off their leashes. Most were half wolf. All were underf...
Language and Communication Quotes
At the end of the second class, he told us to start reading one of the two books in our rooms—The History and Purpose of the Limòri Academy. Good thing it was that one—the other was in a langu...
Versions of Reality Quotes
When I opened my eyes, I saw a blur of dark robes behind Franklin, just a quick movement in the light of the torches, then it was gone. Another wizard? (18.40)
Rules and Order Quotes
"But why wouldn't the king want to see his people fed and the sick among them healed?" Sadima asked him. Franklin took her arm. "Because the people would follow anyone who could do that for them—...
Isolation Quotes
When the laughter settled back into silence, Sadima glanced at him. Her brother. She loved him more than she would ever love anyone. He was her best friend—her only friend. Papa didn't even allow...
Manipulation Quotes
The magician turned. "Rest will mend her. Just leave her to sleep until tomorrow and she will be fine." "She won't lift a finger for weeks," Micah called back. (3.42-43)