Pratiksha

“I will have you without armour, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all." (Speak). She begged silently. (Give me a reason to stay). For all of his selfishness and cruelty, Kaz was still the boy who had saved her. She wanted to believe he was worth saving, too.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Many unlicensed women took to other women because they had no need to put up with men. Seraphina envied them that, too.”
― Roxane Gay, Graceful Burdens