Rachel

“She had not known before that she wanted all these things, that she preferred dark hair and a slightly cruel expression, that she wished for tallness, or that a man kneeling might thrill her.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“The nearness of him crushed her, like being held by the sun.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic