Jenna

“Who are you?” “Blunder’s reckoning.” The Shepherd King’s grin was worse than any snarl. “I am the root and the tree. I am balance.” Ione reached out in a flash, her fingers wrapping around his wrist. “I want to speak to Elspeth.” “You cannot have her. She is with me. And I am letting her rest.” “I don’t care. Give her back to me.” The Shepherd King’s teeth scraped over his lip. For a moment, Elm thought he might tear into Ione’s soft, unblemished cheek. But his grip on her face loosened, his brow easing. “She will be free. But not until my work is finished.” His eyes flashed to Elm. “And old debts settled.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“This mistake is a small part of your life. It does not define it.”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

“Maybe you are meant to end something bad”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress

“It could be the greatest nation in the world, the most magnificent empire there ever existed. But if it could not keep its own children and fed, was it really something worth fighting to save?”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress