Lorraine

“We all have to dream our own dreams. We only get one life to live—live it for yourself, not anyone else.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

“If you cannot bear our pain, you are not fit to carry our strength.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer

“But some people are just starfish--they need everyone to fill the roles that they assign. They need the world to sit around them, pointing at them and validating their feelings. But you can't spend your life trying to make a starfish happy, because no matter what you do, it will never be enough. They will always find a way to make themselves the center of attention, because it's the only way they know how to live.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

“You may well be my equal in strength,” she said. “But you are no match for Nim’s ingenuity, for Theo’s resilience, for Alia’s bravery. Might does not make a hero. You can build a thousand soldiers, and not one will have a hero’s heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer