August

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I have a hope, a hope that one day each of us realizes that we have to make a change in the world, but not just make it because there are times when we are the change.”
― potterhead aanya, Letter to the world from a naive mind

“There's no rule that says you have to be a prodigy to be a hero," she insisted. "If people wanted to stand up for themselves or protect their loved ones or do what they believe in their hearts is the right thing to do, then they would do it. If they wanted to be heroic, they would find ways to be heroic, even without supernatural powers.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades

“There was the potential for evil everywhere, and the only way to combat it was if more people chose goodness. If more people chose heroism.”
― Marissa Meyer, Renegades