Zoë

“A baptism of fire, the Witcher thought, furiously striking and parrying blows. I was meant to pass through fire for Ciri. And I'm passing through fire in a battle which is of no interest to me at all. Which I don't understand in any way. The fire that was meant to purify me is just scorching my hair and face.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Chrzest ognia

“Children live in the same world we do.To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive, it's a vanity.We want to be able to tell ourselves what good parents we are, that we're doing our best.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“When you are in a room with a murderer, there are only two kinds of people. One is the killer. The other is the murdered. Which one would you rather be, at any given time?”
― K.J. Sutton, Beautiful Nightmares