Nicole

“Bryce stared at the fire, her face still splattered with the Archangel’s blood. And finally, she lifted her eyes. Right to the camera. To the world watching.

Vengeance incarnate. Wrath’s bruised heart. She would bow for no one. Hunt’s lightning sang at the sight of that brutal, beautiful face.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Oh, Mark Blackthorn, what are they doing to you?” Simon whispered.
He could not keep the pity out of his voice, and he saw it sting Mark: the slow flush that rose to his thin cheeks, and the way he lifted his chin, holding his head high.
He said: “Nothing I cannot bear.”
Simon was silent. He did not remember everything, but he remembered how much he had been changed. People could bear so much, but Simon did not know how much of the original you was left when the world had twisted you into a whole different shape.”
― Cassandra Clare, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

“You have been the gift of my life," I tell Tairn.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“Create the life you want, Persephone, and stop listening to everyone else.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Touch of Ruin