Maria

“He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“She lifted her eyes to his face, and found his gaze lined with silver. "Get up," was all he said.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury