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“Despite Lei's size, Kenzo had been struck most by the fierce determination blazing off the girl. It had been electric, charging the air like the moment before a lightning strike. She was a Paper Girl set on fire. He'd never been prouder of her.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow

“Having a heart is terrible, but you need one anyway.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“No one but me is allowed to decide when Kallias Maheras, king of six realms and counting is going to die.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“And you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my queen. Do you not hear her footfalls? She has never quite managed the trick of hiding them as well as one of the Folk. Surely you've heard of her, Jude Duarte, who defeated the redcap Grima Mog, who brought the Court of Teeth to their knees? She's forever getting me out of scrapes. Truly, I don't know what I would do without her.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories