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“The Fate didn’t move. He didn’t let the girl go. He looked as if he never would. He continued holding her as if he could return her to life with the force of his will. His eyes were wet with blood. Red tears fell down his cheeks and onto hers. But the girl didn’t stir.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Back at the Euphrates, when I asked if you wanted to continue, and you took my hand... would you do it again? Should I have stopped, returned you to Cairo — "
Nahri instantly reached for his hand. "I would do it again, Dara. I would take your hand a thousand times over.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“I do not want you dead, and I’ll kill anyone who tries.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“She feared that dreams were like fairytales, a little bit true and not entirely trustworthy”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After