Ally

“Life rarely develops as we expect. People surprise us, sometimes in unpleasant ways. They don’t always react as we hope they will or want them to.”
― A.A. Aguirre, Silver Mirrors

“young maidens now days get misty eyed thinking about true love and the fathomless adoration you will share. It’s not like that. Real love is looking at someone and knowing that you wouldn’t mind waking up to their bad breath for the next century, and you are fine with them seeing you before you brush your hair and fix your face for the day.”
― K.M. Shea, Beauty and the Beast

“Morgause laughed as she mounted her horse with some help from a footman. “I see through your protests, Merlin. You are quite amorous of me, I know it.” Merlin looked like he swallowed a frog. “Lady,” he said. “Wise, old lady. Please depart lest I be forced to help you depart.”
― K.M. Shea, Enchanted

“But home, for us, is each other, no matter where we happen to be.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Oblivion