Carmen

“Her dress was soaked, and her skin was saturated. She had goose bumps all over from the chill of the wind, but she didn’t care. She didn’t want this to ever end. “You like it?” he asked, almost shyly. Kiela turned to him with a smile that felt like a laugh. “Oh, yes!” “Not everyone does.” “I guess I’m not everyone.” He smiled. “You’re not.” It was the first time such a sentiment felt like a compliment.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

“It might look like people are ahead of you, be it in money, looks or opportunity, but here's what - Eyes on your own paper, folks! Everyone has to do the work. People who just get handed opportunity without the effort usually fuck it up and end up much lower than when they started. Your career is something that starts with the first step, not with a promotion or a movie or an award. It begins the minute you say you are going to do it. So make it all count.”
― Andrew Rannells, Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood

“After a few moments, he spoke again. "When I was younger, I thought the Ashkar must be very dangerous, to be kept within walls."

"When I was young," Lin said, reaching for bandages, "I thought the malbushim must be very dangerous, for us to have to keep them out with walls."

"Ah," he said, and yawned again. "Perspective is everything, isn't it?”
― Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher

“Acceptance gives you the permission and power to move on and, once you move on, you can adapt.”
― Henry Fraser, The Little Big Things: A Young Man's Belief That Every Day Can Be a Good Day