Morgan Acosta

“Suddenly, the president’s expression changes. He turns his attention to the screen to my right, which features a shot of me from the waist up, clapping. His fingers move to the signature white rose in his lapel, straightening it as he looks down again. The blue eyes narrow, but he’s not focused on my face. Is he looking at the flint striker?”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Your wings won’t hold the weight of this ice,’” Andarna blatantly mocks him. “And yet yours miraculously carry the burden of your ego.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“He almost called aloud the wizard’s name, and then he saw that the figure was clothed not in grey but in white, in a white that shone faintly in the dusk; and in its hand there was a white staff.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I do not think you are in any danger of starving,” Maximus said. “The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat.”
― Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon