" If you assume that you will die today, you drag death to you as a cold, unforgiving stranger. Instead, embrace death like an old friend, for you will fight side by side with her; and, if death decides to choose you as her champion, you may yet live to fight, and love, another day,” said the captain softly into Jon’s ear. "

― Bey Deckard , Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (Baal's Heart, #1)