Myranda

“People from all over the world have passed through this village, son,” said his father. “They come in search of new things, but when they leave they are basically the same people they were when they arrived. They climb the mountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past was better than what we have now. They have blond hair, or dark skin, but basically they’re the same as the people who live right here.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“You are not attracted to toxic men, I remind myself, and yet, here I am,”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I can’t change who I am, and I don’t want to change who you are. I just want us to be who we are—together.”
― Sylvia Day, Entwined with You

“Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist