Ben

“Sometimes you open your mouth and your dad comes out. He always worried about others and blamed himself for everything. Sweetheart, my trials, my pain, my grief—they are for me. They’re not yours to bear. You have enough on your shoulders without taking on my problems. I’m an adult. I should have gotten myself out of there.”
― Cami Murdock Jensen, Second Earth: A YA Fantasy Adventure to the Planet's Core

“An argument could be made that this lack of unity would lead to suboptimal results. The counterargument contended that pitting them against each other would bring out the best in all of them. Vincente didn’t know which was best, and he didn’t really care.”
― T.R. Cameron, Federal Agents of Magic Complete Series Boxed Set

“The centralized government, the Union, kept us all just happy enough to not revolt. It was the same old story of ineptness, cronyism, and corruption, with just enough good people involved to make it tolerable.”
― Stephen Arseneault, A Hero

“here's the thing. We are brought to where we're needed, to what needs to be done.”
― Timothy Ellis, Yesterday's Spacemage