Deserae

“It’s just personal. Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?” Death”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

“When enough people believe something of you, it can distort your view of yourself. We mimic the judgments of others. It would take a very strong person indeed to resist the effects of so much ill will.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower