Aven

“Wait,” he said. The burn of his voice was rougher than usual. “Is my tie straight?”
Inej laughed, her hood falling back from her hair.
“That’s the laugh,” he murmured, but she was already setting off down the quay, her feet barely touching the ground.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

“He had done what he had to do, and in doing so he had destroyed the world.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“I’ve been trying to find a way to live in this world. Barring that, I was looking for a way to leave it.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride