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“My mother always had gifts for Azriel and Cassian. For the latter, the initial Solstice we’d shared here had been the first time he’d received any sort of gift, Solstice or not. I could still see the tears Cassian had tried to hide as he’d opened his presents, and the tears in my mother’s eyes as she watched him.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.”
― Julia Quinn, The Duke and I

“It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.”
― Julia Quinn, The Duke and I