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“I would say I’m sorry, but you wouldn’t believe me. I don’t blame you for that, but don’t you dare insinuate that what I’ve done with you was purely an act or that what I’m feeling is fake when I’ve spent my entire godsdam life not being allowed to want or even feel anything for myself! Not when I spent the last three years hating myself for the relief I felt when you didn’t take me because it meant I didn’t have to do what was expected of me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What does…meyaah Liessa mean?” That eyebrow seemed to climb even higher. “It means my Queen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Where’s all that bravery?” Ash asked.
“My bravery ends when I’m faced with something that can swallow me whole.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“No matter how much I trained with weapons and my body, my waist would never be narrow, nor would my hips ever be slender like the Ladies in Wait in Solis. I liked cheese and bacon and chocolate-covered everything too much for that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The ​Crown of Gilded Bones