Zara

“Every aristocrat had their fair share of dark secrets, from affairs and extortion to distasteful dealings which built the ladder upon which high society had climbed so high”
― Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea

“Do you want to change this world, little serpent? Then climb your cage until you are so high no one can catch you. Break its bars and make them your weapons. Nothing is sharper. I know because I did it”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“You know bad things happen, but somehow you think they only happen to other people. Not you. Not the people you love. Until they do ... and you realise you're not special. You're not safe. You're on the same roulette wheel as everyone else.”
― Emma Lord, Anomaly

“It turned out a person could make the correct choice, and still feel strangled by regret.”
― Darcy Coates, Where He Can't Find You