Jessica

“Strange, isn’t it,’ said Nasir, who was never one for contemplation. ‘How the darkness brought us together, and the light will let us fall apart?’
Zafira shook her head, looking among them. ‘We’re not falling apart. We hunted the flame on Sharr, set free the stars across the skies, but it was only ever the dawn of our zumra. Now we make sure that light doesn’t go out. Forever. Together.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“Darkness doesn’t need to be destroyed. We need the dark as much as we need light. It makes us bold, as much as it makes us afraid.” She smiled. “Darkness needs only to be tamed.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“You want me to say that you're stunning? That I wish I could take a photo, so that I can look at you all day? That the material is soft and touchable--and as skimpy as it is, it still covers way too much?" His eyes are black and furious and mesmerizing. I couldn't look away if I tried. "Yeah, I could have said all that. No doubt, that's what Taran's going to be thinking. But I didn't, because I have too much respect for you. Even after everything we've been through."
--Mat (Page 84)”
― Pintip Dunn, Dating Makes Perfect

“I’m just reminding myself aloud that he’s Altair and he can handle himself. He could talk so much the Lion would beg us to take him back. I wouldn’t be surprised if he left the bumbling fool somewhere with a sign saying ‘He’s all yours.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars