Aven

“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

“Make yourself a myth and live within it, so that you belong to no one but yourself.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“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

“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