Serena

“He felt himself lose consciousness. And then... he did... THUMP!
And as his mind faded, that which lay beneath came forward.
THUMP!
A cold, unfeeling thing that held no thoughts, no considerations. Only instincts.
THUMP!
When thoughts disappeared, there was no hesitation. No tactics, no strategy, no considerations- only action.
THUMP!
Jake was unconscious; this could not be disputed. But his body was very much awake. A part of that which was "Jake" dwelled deep within. And that part had now taken over as he stopped his fall and attacked the King of the Forest. He didn't need to think about it; he just knew that the King was an enemy.
And enemies had to be killed.”
― Zogarth, The Primal Hunter

“Yesterday I knew I had no future, and that it was impossible for me to accept my life as it is now. And yet today, that same messy life seems full of hope. Potential. The impossible, I suppose, happens via living. Will my life be miraculously free from pain, despair, grief, heartbreak, hardship, loneliness, depression? No. But do I want to live? Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey