Mandy Boutelle

“You’ve wasted far too much of your life looking for answers in the world around you when you’ve had them within you all along. Nothing around you can tell you what you are, min asteren. Only you can make that choice,” he said.”
― Harper L. Woods, What Lurks Between the Fates

“Iron is made stronger in the hottest part of the fire, Seth. You didn't break me, you forged me.”
― Caroline Peckham

“That little girl survived so she could become the woman I am today. I am more than the memories and past that plague me.”
― Olivia Rose Darling, 𝐌𝐨à𝐧𝐚 JUMBO Coloring Book: (2022 Edition), Deluxe 𝐌𝐨à𝐧𝐚 Coloring Book For Kids Ages 4-8, Ages 8-12,

“On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them a chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me