Jasmin

“Why didn’t you stay on the ship?” he asked again, because now and then, it was not enough to dance around the truth. He wanted to hear her say it. Even if she did not wear the ring. He wanted to know that she chose to be here, with him.
Lila held his gaze so long he could have counted the shards of light in her good eye. And then, at last, almost grudgingly, she said, “Because the bed would feel empty. Without you in it.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power

“Rhy glanced over and caught his stare. “What are you thinking about?”
“Your brother,” said Alucard, regretting the words as soon as they were out.
Rhy raised a brow. “Should I be jealous?”
He rolled his eyes. “Go to sleep.”
“I knew all that loathing was a farce.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power

“She sighed in relief. "You came."
Kell stepped into the room, the black ring's cord swinging from his fingers. "You called.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power

“And that’s part of our trouble. Thinking things are inevitable. Not believing change is possible.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping