Mathilde

“I'm not the queen Ravka needs.
"And if you're the queen I want?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“As your general, I should tell you that would be a terrible decision."
[...]
"As your king, I should tell you that no one could dissuade me. No prince and no power could make me stop wanting you. [...] I would give you a crown if I could, I would show you the world from the prow of a ship. I would choose you Zoya. As my general, as my friend, as my bride.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“I would make you my queen because I want you. I want you all the time.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“I have a conscience," said Kaz. "It just knows when to keep its mouth shut”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves