Dayana

“My therapist told me there was a name for what I had, that furious drive for perfection that had marked my entire life. Kodawari, the Japanese word for the relentless pursuit of perfection. I didn’t so much want to be perfect––which I was aware enough to know was an impossibility––as I wanted to seem perfect.”
― Giana Darling, When Heroes Fall

“That I will bow before no one and nothing but my crown.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“The world,” Aelin said, “will be saved and remade by the dreamers, Rolfe.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash