Franzi

“They are the ships, and you are the wind. You do no lower yourself to their rules or expectations. You blow in whatever direction you feel is needed and leave them with no choice but to oblige.”
― Elise Kova, Crystal Crowned

“You’re smart and capable and strong and beautiful, and I will not let you forget those things now. I will not let them be diminished.”
― Elise Kova, Earth's End

“Aldrik," she said stubbornly, "I survived the Night of Fire and Wind, an assassination attempt, a fall from the Pass, a run alone through the North." Vhalla took a step away and pulled his hands from her shoulders. "I've killed more people than I have fingers. I'm not the girl you found in the library, and I can protect myself.”
― Elise Kova, Earth's End

“She was tired of being a symbol. Symbols were stagnant, frozen, representative, and spurring of action but never the action itself.”
― Elise Kova, Crystal Crowned