Bethaney

“There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“And before we judge of them too harshly we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

“What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

“Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island