Danielle Michu

“the Valar take upon them forms some as of male and some as of female; for that difference of temper they had even from their beginning, and it is but bodied forth in the choice of each, not made by the choice, even as with us male and female may be shown by the raiment but is not made thereby.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“With a few tips”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“When you unwittingly stuck your hand into the wasps’ nest, you hadn’t made a covenant with the devil to give up your civilized self with its trappings of love and respect and honor. It just happened to you. Passively, with no say, you ceased to be a creature of the mind and became a creature of the nerve endings; from college-educated man to wailing ape in five easy seconds.”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“Your house has rarely been in such disarray, and yet you know that no matter what leaves you in a few minutes something else will remain behind.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance