Vera Ko

“What are you going to do then?" asked Pippin undaunted by the wizard's bristling brows.
"Knock on the doors with your head, Peregrin Took," said Gandalf. "But if that does not shatter them, and I am allowed a little peace from foolish questions, I will seek for the opening words.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic.”
― Rebecca F. Kuang, Yellowface

“Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Fury