Julia

“Really?" she drawled. "You'd rather take your chances with her?"
"At least I know when she's manipulating me."
"News flash: I have never manipulated you. And I hope I never have to. But you aren't the only one with responsibilities and an entire country of people who are relying on you. So I'm sorry, your majesty, but you are coming with me, and you're just going to have to figure out whether or not you can trust me when we're not so pressed for time."
Then she raised her hand and shot him.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“You mean she doesn’t intend to blow me up before the ceremony?” said Kai, taking the box. “How disappointing.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“- I don't want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn't you have some bodyguards or something?
- Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Maybe we're on the wrong side of some metaphorical bridge where the grass is crusty and not grass at all, but sharp little spines of glass. I dunno, Moritz.
But the one little speck of green that I get is your letters, so please never stop writing me.
You got that?
Never stop.

Because you'll never meet me and it's the closest we can get.”
― Leah Thomas, Because You'll Never Meet Me