Ilenia

“L'assioma dell'uguaglianza stabilisce che x è sempre uguale a x: pertanto, un oggetto che chiameremo x deve essere necessariamente uguale a se stesso; ciò che lo rende unico, perché in possesso di una caratteristica così immutabile che siamo costretti a considerarlo assolutamente, inevitabilmente, uguale a se stesso per sempre, e perché la sua elementarità non potrà mai essere alterata.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“I have tried to dismantle you, Gideon Nav! The Ninth House poisoned you, we trod you underfoot—I took you to this killing field as my slave—you refuse to die, and you pity me! Strike me down. You’ve won. I’ve lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“She was a thief, a runaway, a pirate, a magician.
She was fierce, and powerful, and terrifying.
She was still a mystery.
And he loved her.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light