Rhea

“He… came… into the room, a-dapple and gold, Venice incarnate. He was precariously holding a tray on which balanced an uncorked, hissing bottle and four stained-glass cordial glasses, bloom-shaped, as if he had twisted up a basilica windowpane. The room realigned on his entry. Became even more scenic. All the golds came to the fore—harmonized; rhymed with him.”
― Shola Von Reinhold

“Amren put a hand above Nesta's heart. "That's the key, isn't it? To know the darkness will always remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it... that's the most important part. To not let it consume. To focus upon the good, the things that fill you with wonder." She gestured to the stars zooming past. "The struggle with that darkness is worth it, just to see such things.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Is there no other alternative, Maggie? Is that life, away from those who love you, the only one you will allow yourself to look forward to?”
― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

“Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman,” Virginia Woolf said.

“And/or Black,” Malachi said.”
― Shola von Reinhold, Lote