Shorok

“Bury me before I bury you" I did.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“Back at the Euphrates, when I asked if you wanted to continue, and you took my hand... would you do it again? Should I have stopped, returned you to Cairo — "
Nahri instantly reached for his hand. "I would do it again, Dara. I would take your hand a thousand times over.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“The Fate didn’t move. He didn’t let the girl go. He looked as if he never would. He continued holding her as if he could return her to life with the force of his will. His eyes were wet with blood. Red tears fell down his cheeks and onto hers. But the girl didn’t stir.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Come now. Where is the woman who once braggingly picked a lock in Daevabad's library? I'd think you'd be delighted by the challenge."
"Have you an actual plan or just wild fantasies that will end with our deaths?”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold