Tenielle

“Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Beginning

“How did you solve the slow surrender of yourself to another person, like a dwindling stack of coins at a card table, only to look up from your empty hands to see the cold triumph of your opponent?”
― Freya Marske, Swordcrossed

“Oh, I'm sure we could talk them into letting us in for nothing," Marco said. "Just tell them
we're Animorphs."
"Tell them we're what?" Rachel asked.
"Idiot teenagers with a death wish," Marco said.
"Animorphs." I tried the word out. It sounded okay.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Invasion

“I fell in love with my baby boy instantly, marveling at his perfection and that he’d lived inside me for so long.”
― Lucinda Berry, The Perfect Child