Devynn

“In this, he was important in the brilliantly modern way that teachers, firefighters, and nurses are important: essential workers who earn fancy days of appreciation on the calendar, words of praise in every politician’s mouth, and murmurs of thanks from people at restaurants. Indeed, discussions of the intense value of these professions crowd out other more mundane conversations. Like ones regarding salary increases.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“You are my Queen, and I am your sword. Point me at your enemies, and watch them fall. Lead this world, Diem, and I will follow you—into war, into death, into the tundra of hell itself.” He took my palm and set it against his chest, just above the patch of unscarred skin that lay beneath his jacket. “You are the fate my heart was spared for. As long as it beats, you will never fight alone.”
― Penn Cole, Glow of the Everflame

“You might think that extreme. If so, have you perhaps never heard of religion?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“You thought people were giants, and they disappointed you by being so human.”
― Rebecca F. Kuang, Katabasis