Alexía

“I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this was all the time we were allowed to have...the wait was worth it. Night Triumphant - and the Stars Eternal.”
― Sarah J Mass

“Only you can decide what breaks you.
The Suriel”
― Sarah J Maas

“To the High Queen of Elfhame,

Above me is the same silvery moon that shines down on you. Looking at it makes me recall the glint of your blade pressed against my throat and other romantic moments.

I do not know what keeps you from returning
to the High Court—whether it is vexation
with me, or whether, having spent time in
the mortal world, you have come to believe
that a life free of the Folk is better than one
ruling over them.

In my most wretched hours, I believe you will
never come back.

Why would you, save for your ambition?
You have always known exactly what I am
and seen all my failings, all my weaknesses
and scars. I flattered myself that at moments
you had feelings for me other than contempt,
but even were that true, they would be but
watered wine beside the feast of your other,
greater desires.

And yet my heart is buried with you in the
strange soil of the mortal world, as it was
drowned with you in the cold waters of the
Undersea.

It was yours before I could admit it, and yours
it shall ever remain.

Cardan”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Before you start teaching me, there is something you should know.”
A smile of my own works its way onto
my mouth. I’m about to die, but I don’t care.
I don’t care.
“Lyra, don’t you dare.”
But it’s too late.
“Don’t underestimate the girl willing to do anything for what she wants.”
I lean back into the empty air behind me, feeling my stomach drop as I descend towards the crashing waves below. My watery eyes make out Thatcher’s form at the cliff’s edge, peering down at me.
I win.”
― Monty Jay, The Blood We Crave: Part One