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

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“It doesn't have to be a happily ever after or a happily always. Just a happily once. A happily sometimes. Hope. That'd make our pain worth it.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go

“Our bodies hide so many mysteries and they tell so many stories without a single word”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic