Eylss Ren

“Knowing something in her head was different from knowing it in her heart. Rey had understood on some level that she wasn't alone anymore, but now she knew it, and it was so wonderful it hurt. Tears filled her eyes. Loneliness was a kind of agony. But belonging was another.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition

“He hardly paid attention, he kept seeing her face, the way her lips had parted with surprise, the way her body had canted towards him”
― Rae Carson, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

“But the ambition that cut into his being was the thought of reigning side by side with her. They were connected. They had defeated Snoke. Together they would be invincible.”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker

“The glow of his lightsaber occasionally snagged on his cheek scar, making it appear as though a crack of glowing lava slashed his face. It was like something out of a dream, or maybe a nightmare,”
― Rae Carson, The Rise of Skywalker