Lynette

“You could try to surrender to the experience and let change happen.""Change or die?" she said."Yes. Change or die.""You might have noticed, I don't do surrender very well,”
― Thea Harrison, Serpent's Kiss

“How'd you get this number?"

"Well, you see, there's this book. It has white pages. And it has all these phone numbers listed inside it. It's also online.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“You don't have to fight anyone for me," she said.

"Except you."

Oh God. He leveled her with a few words and searing looks. She felt herself in a dizzying plunge, wanting the flight, worried about the landing. "I give as much as I am able," she said.

"I know," he answered.”
― Zoe Archer, Rebel

“I felt unsteady as I lead Xerxes to his seat. Women in his kingdom were but dressing for a man's bed and a satisfactory way to provide heirs. The king had once banished a queen on the advice of his counsel. Now would he accept the word of his queen and banish the adviser? Dear God, I pleaded silently, how can it be that I should change history? I am a prisoner myself – how can I asked for the freedom of a nation?”
― Ginger Garrett, Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther