Lea Hilsinger

“That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?”
― Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue

“No, I'm not afraid, except when it comes to things about myself, but I'm working on that.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“You just had to apply judgment to your action, and such judgment came with experience—but experience often came from bad decisions.”
― Tom Clancy, Red Rabbit

“Wild roved an Indian maid,
Bright Alfarata,
Where flow the waters
Of the blue Juniata.

Strong and true my arrows are
In my painted quiver,
Swift goes my light canoe
Adown the rapid river.

“Bold is my warrior good,
The love of Alfarata,
Proud wave his sunny plumes
Along the Juniata.
Soft and low he speaks to me,
And then his war-cry sounding
Rings his voice in thunder loud
From height to height resounding.

“So sang the Indian maid,
Bright Alfarata,
Where sweep the waters
Of the blue Juniata.
Fleeting years have borne away
The voice of Alfarata,
Still flow the waters
Of the blue Juniata.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie