"What remained strong in the deep, the hard times, was love as an effort, a doing, a conscious act of will. Soulmates, like her and Lewis, were not theoretical and found. They were tangible, built."
Shark Heart, Emily Habeck

"Galactically speaking, Adina peers down an endless road for any sign of a car. Hoping for dust or an imperceptible disturbance in the gravel... Her sadness thrown against the expanse cannot find purchase. Where are you?"
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino

"Always remember, mine Sadie: life is very long, unless it is not."
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin

"The silence between them was dark water. He could not cross it. He couldn’t walk the line between the decency she deserved and the violence this path demanded."
Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo

“Jer molle pe oonet. Enel mörd je nej afva trohem verret. I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath."
Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo

"Life is sacred in Syl Anagist - sacred, and lucrative, and useful."
The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin

"Perhaps we believe on some level that if the world were to end and be remade, if some unthinkable catastrophe were to occur, then perhaps we might be remade too, perhaps into better, more heroic, more honorable people."
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel

"You're not used to having a life follow you when you leave it behind."
The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin

"My hands shake like they used to in the mine. Now, as then, serpents surround me."
Golden Son, Pierce Brown

"The mariner's hubris isn't necessarily in his belief that he won't die, but his belief that the worst the sea can do is kill him."
A Study in Drowning, Ava Reid

"All I care about is machinating and like, three people."
Bride, Ali Hazelwood

"A vision of cosmic grandeur, I suppose. A symbol of the mingled glory and horror of existence. No one gets out alive."
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

Sailor Song (Gigi Perez) 🤝 Golden Son (Pierce Brown)