Bree Lenehan

“To be different is to be irreplaceable.”
― Bree Lenehan, Pembrim: The Hidden Alcove

“You see, Halia felt her mind run dry in such a place; she saw the world for what it truly was: destructive. She noticed the way people lived, that some of them only got out of bed in the morning simply because they hadn’t died in their sleep, and she knew that she wanted to wake up every day to a life that held so much more.”
― Bree Lenehan, Pembrim: The Hidden Alcove

“Halia looked at the sky and watched the stars dancing to the song of the wind and rain. A spotlight of lightning always came before the chorus of thunder. She wondered if there were anyone else like her, sitting at their window and listening to the choir of dark, grey clouds. When time paused for as long as the rain fell, when the city of lights was blacked out, and Ameral Alley was quiet, dark, and wild, and all but a city of tall buildings and people working their lives away. But then she’d realised… maybe she just saw magic in times when others saw nothing.”
― Bree Lenehan, Pembrim: The Hidden Alcove

“Taking Halia's hand into his, Luka rubbed it nervously before speaking, "You said fire was wild with colour, that it grows quickly, needing to be stopped... That it's destructive, dangerous, and beautiful at the same time. Which made me realise, we are the fire."
Halia pulled her hand away from him with her response, "If only you'd understood the fire. It was a spark that you ignited but you chose to burn me instead.”
― Bree Lenehan, Pembrim: The Hidden Alcove