Melanie

“Mahlia… understood Doctor Mahfouz and his blind rush into the village. He wasn’t trying to change them. He wasn’t trying to save anyone. He was just trying to not be part of the sickness. Mahlia had thought he was stupid for walking straight into death, but now, as she lay against the pillar, she saw it differently. She thought she’d been surviving. She thought that she’d been fighting for herself. But all she’d done was create more killing, and in the end it had all led to this moment, where they bargained with a demon … not for their lives, but for their souls” (p. 403)”
― Paolo Bacigalupi, The Drowned Cities

“Yes," Ba said sadly, "it is impossible. But it is not ridiculous.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

“A boy your age should know better than to consider anything impossible.” (p 62)”
― Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“It's so weird how life is so full of moving around--people coming and going, people passing by each other all day long. You never know which person's going to steal your heart. You never know which is going to settle your soul. All you can do is look. And hope. And believe.”
― Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic