Tova

“Good-bye, Maysilee Donner, who I loathed, then grudgingly respected, then loved. Not as a sweetheart or even a friend. A sister, I’d said. But what is that exactly? I think about our journey — everything from sniping with her in those early days after the reaping to battling those pink birds. I guess that’s my answer. A sister is someone you fight with and fight for. Tooth and nail.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“The mortal realm of Iseung disgusts him, but there is one feature—and, mind you, one feature only—that he finds he does not loathe with the entire expanse of his bitter soul. Coffee.”
― Sophie Kim, The God and the Gumiho

“True revenge is surviving. Remember that.” Ash gave her a nod. “I’m glad you’re alive, Rui.”
― June C.L. Tan, Darker by Four

“And there’s also the unspoken obligation of proving their patron deity’s superiority over all the other gods. Seokga’s shamans have been specifically instructed to seek out Hwanin’s shamans and use their shape-shifting magic (generously bestowed upon them by Seokga himself) to change into birds and shit all over their snobby heads.”
― Sophie Kim, The God and the Gwisin