Forest

“How she’d found the strength to climb out of that pit when no one else thought her worth saving, Jean didn’t know, but hand over bloodied hand she’d scaled the wall. She’d chosen life; she’d chosen hope. She’d chosen second chances, and now she was watching to see if he would follow.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court

“She fit within her skin when she was with him. The novelty of such a feeling was seductive.”
― Kristen Callihan, Firelight

“I wanted the two of us to be complicated together, to be difficult and engrossing and blindingly brilliant.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, A Study in Charlotte

“Barrayar is bred in my bones. I cannot shake it, no matter how far I travel. This struggle, God knows, has no honor in it. But exile, for no other motive than ease—that would be to give up all hope of honor. The last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Shards of Honour