Marinette

“And loving you was a pattern of self-discovery because some way, somehow I always ended up learning something new about myself.”
― Robert M. Drake, Beautiful Chaos

“We are 93 million miles from the sun. 238 thousand miles from the moon. A moment from finding magic and one kiss away from reaching our dreams.”
― Robert M. Drake, Beautiful Chaos

“Love is a flame in the dark. A breath of warmth on a winter's night. A star that guides you home.”
― Richelle Mead, The Fiery Heart

“The odds are ever in Katniss's favor: she is the primary character with whom audiences identify. This is not inherently problematic, as part of the work of literature is to provide mirrors, windows, and doors into other people's experiences. The problem occurs when contemporary literature and media for young people include characters of color who are supposed to provide someone for every reader or viewer to identify with--and yet at the same time construct protagonists who are the only characters worth rooting for. Although the initial authorial intent may have been noble, stories constructed in such a fashion have the pernicious effect of normalizing our existing social hierarchies--including hierarchies of race.”
― Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games