Veronica Rusk

“It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“If there's any legacy for me on this earth, I want it to be true.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“History gorges itself on women raised high and then brought low by men grasping for their power.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Realm Breaker