Stephanie

“Such an incredible waste of energy, to work your ass off for sixty years, then shrivel up, die, and be nothing more than a memory - if you're lucky enough to leave someone behind who will remember you. There must be more. Don't you think?”
― Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

“Ron held up his badge. Mrs Weasley let out a shriek just like Hermione’s. ‘I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! Oh, Ron, how wonderful! A prefect! That’s everyone in the family!’ ‘What are Fred and I, next-door neighbours?’ said George indignantly, as his mother pushed him aside and flung her arms around her youngest son.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls