DarkHeraldMage

“You know, your genes aren't your destiny. You in particular. You have what you have, whatever you were born with, but you get to decide what to do with that. There's nobody telling you what those genes mean, what they're supposed to make you.”
― Ann Leckie, Translation State

“Be obvious’ is the most powerful, creative mantra that there is,” improvisation expert Dan Klein told me. “When you’re trying to be original, you sound like everyone else trying to be original. But when you’re obvious, you’re yourself. And that’s what’s genuine.”
― Matt Abrahams, Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

“She still doesn’t believe in magic. It’s a technology, she’s decided. Just one that she doesn’t understand yet.”
― C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

“Whenever the rich find they've been bested by one of a "lower" heritage, they vent their wrath on others whom they deem undeserving of mercy, or kindness or understanding, let alone a chance to prove their innocence—and forget about individual worth; in the eyes of the rich, we are all the same: valueless fodder, so much human flotsam for them to treat with as much disregard or contempt as they please.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar