Rachel

“I don’t know how to do temporary.” “Then don’t. Believe it’s permanent. Either it will be or it won’t.” Claire sucked in a small, deep breath, like just before a shot at the doctor’s office. “That will hurt.” “Love always hurts. That’s one thing I know you know,” Sydney said. “But it’s worth it. That’s what you don’t know. Yet.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells

“I may die; but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

“Elian is so much like the waters he plunders. Still and peaceful on the surface, but beneath there is madness.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“I think of Cardan tied to a chair to cheer myself.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince