Emily A

“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

“Remember that it's easier to see where light is coming from in the dark. This is important to remember, for when all the lights go out.”
― Kazu Kibuishi, Firelight

“When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein