Otha Schwarten

“I guess it’s too much to ask for you to understand what I’m going through, Matt. What part of my daughter killing our son don’t you get?”
― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush

“And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as a leader in the introduction of changes.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“(…) they must have had perseverance as well as hatred.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gillman, The Yellow Wallpaper: The classic 1892 *psychological book"

“Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.
-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure