Patience Walstrum

“I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Ice Queen

“Looking at her is like waking up.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“I’m sure they were good men, the ones you lost.” “Good at dying,” he said.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings