Flora

“I want you to stay. I want you to … I want you.” “You want me.” She turned the words over. Gently, she squeezed his hand. “And how will you have me, Kaz?” He looked at her then, eyes fierce, mouth set. It was the face he wore when he was fighting. “How will you have me?” she repeated. “Fully clothed, gloves on, your head turned away so our lips can never touch?”<...>“I will have you without armour, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Does Patch have a restraining order against him?' he read. 'Is Patch a felon?'

'Give-me-that!' I hissed furiously.

Patch gave a soft laugh, and I knew he'd seen the next question. 'Does Patch have a girlfriend?”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

“A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.”
― Chinua Achebe