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

“Do not reveal your skill with a blade. Do not reveal your mastery over glamour. Do not reveal all that you can do. Little did Prince Dain know that my real skill lies in pissing people off.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“She was blond, slim, and pouty, which would have given me three good reasons to dislike her even if she’d been a sweet lass who spent her free time tending sick hedgehogs.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Whispering Skull

“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