Sarah Bian

“I am the rock against which the surf crashes.” Nesta straightened at the words, as if they were a prayer and a summons. Gwyn lifted the blade. “Nothing can break me.”

Cassian’s throat tightened, and even from across the ring, he could see Nesta’s eyes gleaming with pride and pain.

Emerie said, “Nothing can break us.”

The world seemed to pause at the words. As if it had been following one path and now branched off in another direction. In a hundred years, a thousand, this moment would still be etched in his mind. That he would tell his children, his grandchildren, Right then and there. That was when it all changed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“But I still don't know how to fix myself."
"There's nothing broken to be fixed," he said fiercely. " You are helping yourself. Healing the parts of you that hurt too much - and perhaps hurt others, too.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Very well."
"Say it."
"Say what?"
"Say my name. Say, 'Very well, Dorian.'"
She rolled her eyes. "If it pleases Your Magnanimous Holiness, I shall call you by your first name.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin