Julka

“You deserve to be happy,” he said. And meant it. She deserved the joy he so often glimpsed on her face when Rowan was near—deserved the wicked laughter she shared with Aedion, the comfort and teasing with Lysandra. She deserved happiness, perhaps more than anyone.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

“Rowan stood with his queen in the rain, breathing in her scent, and let her steal his warmth for as long as she needed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“When we remember our former selves, there is always that little figure with its long shadow stopping like an uncertain belated visitor on a lighted threshold at the far end of some impeccably narrowing corridor.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle