Stephanie

“You were everything I never knew I wanted. You were chaos. You were desperation. You were the most mysterious secret I’d ever come across.”
― Laura Thalassa, A Strange Hymn

“I’m an oddity, a commodity, a rumor. I’m the king’s favored. His prized saddle. The one he gold-touched and keeps in a cage at the top of his castle, my body bearing the mark of his ownership and favoritism. The gilded pet. I’m the darling of King Midas, ruler of Highbell and the Sixth Kingdom of Orea. People flock to see me just as much as they come to look upon his gleaming castle worth more than all the riches in the entire realm. I’m the gold-plated prisoner. But what a pretty prison it is.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gild

“Biggest fear: Ending up alone because I’ll always love the wrong person. Is that too deep? How about “the ocean.” We have no idea what’s down there. I don’t trust that shit.”
― Tracy Wolff, Katmere Academy: An Insider’s Guide

“No, dear, I don’t like people.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Ruin