Kia

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory

“The salt in my tears feels good when it stings my lips. I wash my face in the sink until there is nothing left of it, no eyes, no mouth. A slick nothing.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“Excelsior," Gansey said bleakly.
Blue asked, "What does that even mean?"
Gansey looked over his shoulder at her. He was once more, just a little bit closer to the boy she'd seen in the churchyard.
"Onward and upward.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys