"fireheart, why do you cry?"
"because i am lost. and i do not know the way"
"you have been very brave," her mother said. "you have been very brave, for so very long"
"but you must be brave a little while longer, my fireheart"
"you must be brave a little while longer, and remember.."
her mother placed a phantom hand over aelin’s heart.
"it is the strength of this that matters. no matter where you are, no matter how far, this will lead you home"
"it is the strength of this that matters, aelin"
"you do not yield."