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“This is Hugo," the man said, touching the bird on his shoulder. "Hugo is a raven, and, as such, he knows many things. I, meanwhile, am Hodge Starkweather, a professor of history, and, as such, do not know nearly enough.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“The choices always seem to be fight or flight, but I typically end up somewhere in between, doing exactly neither. I stay and I take the beating.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“We're weaving in between trees, careful not to disturb, on a mission. We mean no trouble. There are so many of us, the lonely souls. All of us who helped build this. Those who will watch it grow. Those we've lost. We march on together. Climbing, falling, soaring. Trying to get closer to the center of everything. Closer to ourselves. Closer to each other. Closer to something true.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

“There are a million and ten things from the subatomic to the cosmic that can rattle my nerve on a daily basis.”
― Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen