“Power should be a burden, not a shield. It should be used to everybody’s betterment, not merely for the person who wielded it.”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water
“You have these lines you won’t cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won’t instantly come to an end. You’ve taken a big, black, bold line and you’ve made it a little bit gray. And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and you think, There was a line here once, I think.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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