Amber

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“A truth comes out when it must;
A dream comes true when it will.
Though the world turn to ash and dust
A secret’s a secret still.”
― Sharon Shinn, The Safe-Keeper's Secret

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
― Terry Pratchett