Sierra

“There was something about being cared for," she thought. Something magical.”
― Ted Naifeh, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics

“Calling it the end of the world was a conceit. The world kept ticking on just fine, it was humanity that took the hit. Seven months from top of the food chain to endangered species. Mother Nature breathed a sigh of relief. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, ‘fish and houseguests smell after three days.’ By extension, after three hundred thousand years, we’d really stunk up the place. It took decades for the payback to come, but that’s what it does so well... the Earth abides.”
― Ian Edginton

“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them... At least he who reaches will get a good stretch, a good view, and perhaps even a low-hanging apple for his efforts.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn

“Simple' does not mean 'easy'. I have learned that the things that seem the simplest are often the most powerful of all.”
― Christie Golden, Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects