Alex

“Worry, she often reminds her patients, is a kind of creativity. Fear is an act of the imagination.”
― Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers

“Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods

“A needle is such a small brittle thing. It is easily broken. It can hold but one fragile thread. But if the needle is sharp, it can pierce the coarsest cloth. Ply the needle in and out of a canvas and with a great length of thread one can make a sail to move a ship across the ocean. In such a way can a sharp glossy tongue, with the thinnest of thread of a rumor, stitch together a story to flap in the breeze. Hoist that story upon the pillar of superstitious belief and a whole town can be pulled along with the wind of fear.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Heretic's Daughter

“...life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don’t pretend that one isn’t happening.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Marks of Secret