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"A world divided was not a world that could thrive.
It would take time. Time, and healing, and thrust.
And I wondered if the road ahead—the road to true peace—would perhaps be the hardest and longest one yet."

"I knew that I coukd never tell them. People like ne are considered selfish for not being able to pass on the bloodline... And it wasn't just the prospect of marriage to him that scared me. I knew I could survive his brutality and cruelty. I'm stronger than him. It was the idea of being bred like a prize mare, of being forced to give up that part of me."

"I knew that whatever force had compelled me to learn to fly... Somehow, it had known. That this moment was coming. All of it, for this moment.
And with barely three steps to the edge of that cliff... A warm wind, kissed with lilac and new grass, blasted up from beneath me. A wind of spring. Lifting me, filling my wings.
My feet rose. And rose. And rose."

"—Would you have let me go if I had?
—I do not let you do anything. You are your own person, you make your own choices. But we are mates–I am yours, and you are mine. We do not let each other do things, as if we dictate the movements of each other. But... I might have insisted I go with you. More for my own mental well-being, just to know you were safe.
—You were occupied."

"—Feyre Archeron, —the Suriel said again, gazing at the sky. A painful inhale. —A request.
I leaned close. —Anything.
—Leave this world a better place than how you found it.
And as its chest rose and stopped altogether, as its breath escaped in one last sigh, I understood why the Suriel had come to help me, again and again. Not just for kindness but because it was a dreamer."

"I did not take your power. You gave it to me along with the gift of my immortal life. I'm grateful for both. But they are mine now and I will do with them what I will. I will use my powers to smash Hybern to bits. I will burn, drown and freeze them. I will use this power to heal the injured, to shatter through Hybern's wards. I have done so already and I will do so again."

"—It will take everything, you know. To try to stop me. Everything you have. And it still won't be enough. And when you have given everything and you are dead, Rhysand, when your mate is mourning over your corpse, I am going to take her.
—She defeated Amarantha and the Attor, I doubt you'll be much of an effort, either."

"—It just... it all took me by surprise. And I will never be happy about any of these terms, but... my father wins, Eris wins, all the males like them win if I let it get to me. If I let it impact my joy, my life. My relationships with all of you. I hate war.
—Likewise.
—Not just for the death and awfulness. But because of what it does to us. These decisions."

"—I'm willing to take the brunt of it, if it means the others will at least stand with us against him.
—You shouldn't have to.
—It might be the only choice.
—I need you. As an option. In my future.
—If it means giving you a future, then I'm willing to do—
—You will do not such thing.
—How can you ask me not to give everything I have to ensure that you, that my family and people, survive?
—You've given enough."

"–I won't undermine you in public and you won't undermine me. We can question each other through the bond if we're around people other than our friends. –I said. –But for now, for these initial years, I'd like to show the world a unified front... That is, if we survive.
–We will survive. But I want you to feel comfortable pushing me, calling me out–
–When have I ever not done that? I want you to do the same for me."