Celeste

“Let them see that their words can cut you, and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons

“but sometimes bad things happen to make good things happen.”
― Glendy Vanderah, Where the Forest Meets the Stars

“It is the nature of the earth to shift. It is the nature of fragile things to break. It is the nature of fire to burn. And just as it is the nature of men and women to build, it is also in our nature to begin again after disaster. This I know, too.”
― Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

“Lots of families are screwed up,” she said. “What matters is how much love there is.”
― Glendy Vanderah, Where the Forest Meets the Stars