Zoë

“I view life like a story,” Laurie said. “A story in which I am the main character, and every terrible thing that happens is just a chapter in it. Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end, so I always remind myself that I am somewhere in the middle.”
― K.J. Sutton, Beautiful Nightmares

“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

“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

“I lived each minute and each day as it came. I sought joy in the smallest things. I looked at the stars and the moon and thought that those I love might be looking at them too. Moon magic.”
― Simon Sebag Montefiore, Red Sky at Noon