" His eyes are unfathomably sad as he lifts my chin. "Most people," Cain says, "are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night -- if you dare to let yourself burn. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)