Marcos

“We like to believe, or pretend, we know what we are doing in our lives. It can be a lie. Winds blow, waves carry us, rain drenches a man caught in the open at night, lightning shatters the sky and sometimes his heart, thunder crashes into him bringing the awareness he will die. We stand up, as best we can under that. We move forward as best we can, hoping for light, kindness, mercy, for ourselves and those we love.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, A Brightness Long Ago

“When a bridge fails, the engineer who designed it is as good as dead.”
― Gay Talese, The Bridge: The Building of Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“We are always the person we were, and we grow into someone very different, if we live long enough. Both things are true.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, A Brightness Long Ago