Cassandra

“The two dark figures of the bene elim has not moved. But they spoke:

"You must come with us now. Lord Asriel needs you at once. The enemy's power is growing every minute. The shaman has told you what your task is. Follow us and help us win. Come with us. Come this way. Come now."

And Will looked from them to Lyra's rucksack and back again, and he didn't hear a word they said.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“No Mourners.
No Funerals.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I promise, I will not let you die without being kissed.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“He needed to tell her...what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he'd begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. He needed to thank her for his new hat.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows