Anchal Bhatia

“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.” “Just”
― Sabaa Tahir, A Torch Against the Night

“But 
if 
there 
was 
hope, 
it 
lay 
in 
the 
proles. 
You 
had
 to 
cling 
on 
to 
that. 
When 
you 
put 
it 
in 
words 
it
 sounded
 reasonable; 
it 
was 
when 
you 
looked 
at 
the
 human 
beings 
passing 
you 
on 
the 
pavement 
that 
it
 became 
an
 act 
of
 faith.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A Torch Against the Night

“The businessman who wishes to gain a market by throttling a superior competitor, the worker who wants a share of his employer's wealth, the artist who envies a rival's higher talent - they're all wishing facts out of existence and destruction is the only means of their wish. If they pursue it, they will not achieve a market, a fortune, or an immortal fame - they will merely destroy production”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged