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“You knew I was his mate when we went. I don't see how being High Lady alters anything.'

'It does.'

I put my hands on my hips, ignoring his motion to continue. 'Why?'

Cassian dragged a hand through his hair. 'Because... because as his mate, you were still... his to protect. Oh, don't get that look. He's yours to protect, too. I would have laid my life down for you as his mate- and as your friend. But you were still... his.'

'And as High Lady?'

Cassian loosed a rough breath. 'As High Lady, you are mine. And Azriel's, and Mor's and Amren's. You belong to all of us, and we belong to you. We would not have... put you in so much danger.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“That pine tree wasn't there a moment ago.'

Azriel let out a quiet laugh from where he sat atop a boulder two days later, watching me pluck pine needles out of my hair and jacket. 'Judging by its size, I'd say it's been there for... two hundred years, at least.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Lucien considered. “Can I offer my unsolicited advice?” Rhys smirked. “I think that’s the first time anyone at this table has ever asked such a thing.” Mor and Cassian now stuck out their tongues at him.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“We are women. And the men who hold our fates hardly conceive that we have desires and dreams of our own. If we are ever to live the lives we want, we have to make them conceive it. Our bravery, the force of our will, shall be their proof.”
― Julia Quinn, Queen Charlotte