Heather

“Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.”
― Veronica Roth, The Transfer

“When i get home, I sit on the front step and take deep breaths of the cool spring air for a few minutes.
My mother was the one who taught me to steal moments like those, moments of freedom, though she didn't now it. I watched her...
But I learned something else from watching her too, which is that the free moments always have to end.”
― Veronica Roth, The Transfer

“You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will”
― Veronica Roth, The Transfer

“Cosmé is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxi’s place, Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her so, frequently, and it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her react to praise from someone she despises. The Scriptura Sancta calls it “the fire of kindness.”
― Rae Carson, The Girl of Fire and Thorns