Gem

“Teacher, not again." Her eyes filled with tears. "Please, don't make me be the one to survive again." He placed his withered hand on her cheek and smiled sadly. "I am sorry, my child. You must endure.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anyway.”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it.”
“Ask? I only have to look at you. Men would bankrupt themselves.”
― Freya Marske, A Power Unbound