Peter

“He said, “At your age, life is full of possibilities. But as the years pass, those possibilities vanish, one by one, like doors closing in a hallway. You feel time slip by, and your energy slip away. One day, you realize you’re too old to be a famous musician, or change careers, or have more children. And each of those closed doors represents a regret. As you get older, well, those regrets come to define you.”
― Jason Pargin, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“So that was love, then? Nhika thought. The things we protect and the people we can’t live without?”
― Vanessa Le, The Last Bloodcarver

“The people in charge are never ascetics.”
― Kelly Braffet, The Broken Tower

“The truth was, people were garbage at any age—but school was an institution, no different in principle than prisons, the military, mental hospitals, or other places where society warehoused entire classes of people.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Lessons in Magic and Disaster