David Shields

“She has a story in her head that’s not in the book, one of an icy world and a dying town and a great wheeling congregation of birds. Not an unkindness, say the voices from her other dream, but a kindness of ravens.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory

“He smiled, and reminded me that no man could make time, but only use that which he was given wisely.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

“Name it as you will, claim it as you will, the world does not belong to men. Men belong to the world. You will not own the earth that eventually your body will become, nor will it recall the name it once answered to.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate