Maria

“Every hero is a villain, and every villain is a hero. It just depends on who you ask.”
― Gena Showalter, The Evil Queen

“I found myself hating him, wanting to hurt him, to drive him away from the red-haired girl who was supposed to be mine.
Breathless, I slumped to the wall, numb with the realization. This anger, these illogical feelings of rage and possessiveness...I was jealous. I was jealous of a girl I was supposed to be stalking, seducing, for the sole purpose of revealing her true nature. This had become more than an objective, more than a mission.
I was falling for her.”
― Julie Kagawa, Talon

“Oh you know, a little burned, a little sore. Nearly died a couple times. The usual.”
― Julie Kagawa, Rogue

“I don't feel like playing whack-a-mole with a trained sniper right now.”
― Julie Kagawa, Rogue