“I think you‘re a fairy tale. I think you‘re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And I hope you‘ll let me be in your story.” 
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

"No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe."

“He‘s down! Ah, and it‘s ugly! Dragons and Vikings, enemies again, locked in combat to the bitter…Ugh! C'mon!”

“She imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.” 
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

"Is this how it goes? You fall in love, and nothing seems truly scary anymore, and life is one big possibility?"
-Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean

“Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn‘t be a bigger mess.“
He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?”
“I love it.” He says
“Why?”
“Because we match.” 
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” 
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice