Serenity

“To leave, after all, was not the same as being left.”
― Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife

“Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.”
― Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife

“And she thought then how strange it was that disaster—the sort of disaster that drained the blood from your body and took the air out of your lungs and hit you again and again in the face—could be at times, such a thing of beauty.”
― Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife

“You Americans think you can fix everything by throwing money at it,” she added. “But your friend was right. This is like the Stone Age. Because no one will let us get past the Stone Age. Not when there is nothing but war. Do you understand? The best thing you can do to help us is leave us alone.”
― Alan Gratz, Ground Zero