Lorien

“I’ll give you one more answer. The words Bashasa spoke to me before he died were ‘Don’t let everything we fought for be for nothing.”
― Martha Wells, Witch King

“You forgot what I am.'
Ramad huffed a breath that was almost a laugh. 'An immortal demon prince.'
'No,' Kai said pointedly. 'Bashasa's immortal demon prince.”
― Martha Wells, Witch King

“I’d tell you to be careful, but…”
Kai looked at her through the black film of the veil. “You could say ‘be violent’ instead.”
Tahren, who Kai was beginning to suspect had a very dry sense of humor, patted his shoulder and said, Be violent.”
― Martha Wells, Witch King

“I know how society teaches us to be soft and dull and compliant, but you will not be any of those things, do you understand? Do not change the parts of yourself that you like to make others comfortable. Do not try to mold yourself to fit the standards someone else has set for us.”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna