Virginia

“Hasn’t it always been like this?’ asked Charlotte. ‘Haven’t they always been games that empires play with one another?’

‘Maybe,’ answered Lord Ingram. ‘But it can take a queen-and-country sort like me a while to work that out.”
― Sherry Thomas, The Art of Theft

“Miss Charlotte was often and spectacularly silent. But her silence was that of the woods and hills, a natural absence of speech. The maharani’s, on the other hand, made Mrs. Watson think of the walled forts of Jaipur, a silence that watched and hid.”
― Sherry Thomas, The Art of Theft

“I am going to find the Crochans. And I am going to raise an army with them. For Aelin Galathynius. And her people. And for ours. - Manon”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“And tell Rowan,” Aelin said, fighting her own sob, “that I'm sorry I lied. But tell him it was all borrowed time anyway. Even before today, I knew it was all just borrowed time, but I still wish we'd had more of it.” She fought past her trembling mouth. “Tell him he has to fight. He must save Terrasen, and remember the vows he made to me. And tell him . . . tell him thank you—for walking that dark path with me back to the light.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms