Sofie

“She no longer fought from pure rage. She fought to protect him - and that, she had discovered, changed everything.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“It's time," Kitay murmured.
Rin stood up. They faced each other, hands clasped between them.
"At dawn," she said.
"At dawn," he agreed. He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her forehead.
This was their standard way of parting, the way they said everything they never spoke out loud. Fight well. Keep us safe. I love you.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“I received both these scars from men I thought I loved,” Rin said. “One is dead now. One will be.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“No one would lift a weapon. No one would fight or flee. Just this night, just this moment, they had entered a liminal space where their past and future did not matter, where they could be the children they used to be.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God