Lucy Tremaglio

“So ran the speech. Burdened and sick at heart,
He feigned hope in his look, and inwardly
Contained his anguish. […]
Aeneas, more than any, secretly
Mourned for them all”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

“Cats aren’t special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.”
― Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker

“I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and groped without any wind. They do say the trees do actually move, and can surround strangers and hem them.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.”
― Tamora Pierce, Squire