Clover

“Sometimes the happiest people are the saddest,”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“You can’t see the stars in New York,” Dante said. “So I brought the stars to you.”
― Ana Huang, King of Wrath

“But why? Why can't you let it go?"
He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Because I love you!"
Her mouth fell open.
"I love you," he repeated, shaking her again. "I have for years. And he hurt you and made me watch because he's always known how I felt, too. But if I asked you to pick, you'd choose Arobynn, and I. Can't. Take. It."
The only sounds were their breathing, an uneven beat against the rushing of the sewer river.
"You're a damned idiot," she breathed, grabbing the front of his tunic. "You're a moron and an ass and a damned idiot." He looked like she had hit him. But she went on, and grasped both sides of his face, "Because I'd pick you."
And then she kissed him.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin's Blade

“You do not yield.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash