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“She mothered them. She mothered him.

He hated it and loved it. He wished her quiet and prayed she would never stop talking. She made him both jubilant and miserable, and he found himself waiting with irritation and anticipation each night for the moment the men gathered and looked at her with pleading eyes and she acquiesced, telling them stories like they were children around her knees.”
― Amy Harmon, The Queen and the Cure

“Nina would never let Kaz abandon her. She'd fight with everything she had to free Inej even if she was still in the grips of Parem. Matthias would stand by her with that great heart full of honor.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Solution?”
“Stop Kavinsky.”
They eyed each other.
“I don’t suppose,” Gansey said slowly, “that we could just ask him nicely.”
“Hey, Churchill tried to negotiate with Hitler.”
Gansey frowned. “Did he?”
“Probably.”
― Maggie Stiefvater