Ashley

“Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win.”
― Charles Frazier, The Trackers

“I haven’t exactly made it easy for you to trust me,” he says, stroking his thumb over my cheek. “I’m still not making it easy. But you and I are not easy people. What we build together has to be strong enough to withstand a storm. Or a war. Easy isn’t going to give that to us.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“Ambition might be like a living organism, reliant on nurture to grow. With some encouragement, mine had protruded from the dirt, a tiny shoot crawling toward the light.”
― Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley

“My heart only beats as long as yours does, and when you die, I’ll meet Malek at your side.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame