Makenna

“You don't like stars?' I ask.
'No,' he says quietly, lacking his smirk for once, and staring at the floor. 'A lot of those stars actually died millions of years ago. It's just they're so far away, the light they created before they died hasn't finished reaching us yet.' He waves at the galaxy beyond the glass. 'You're looking at a sky full of ghosts.”
― Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising

“We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Everyone wishes someone would come and save them, and no one ever does.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Nemesis

“The next few minutes were not her finest. And she'd spent the last millenium naked in a box, so the bar was already set pretty low.”
― Lora Beth Johnson, Goddess in the Machine