Viki

“Memory is often our only connection to who we used to be. Memories are fossils, the bones left by dead versions of ourselves. Memory may not be the heart of what makes us human, but it's at least a vital organ. Nevertheless, we must take care not to let the bliss of the present fade when compared to supposedly better days. We're happy, sure, but were we more happy then? If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past. Do not let memory chase you. Enjoy memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been.
Those memories aren't alive. You are.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“Are they stars?” she whispered in wonder.
“I am flattered by your wild estimation of my abilities,” Elias said, with a hint of pleasant mirth. “I should lie and say that I have indeed brought down the stars for your amusement. But it’s a simple magic trick, and nothing more.”
― Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul

“Don't let this silence become a habit.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“I'd lived enough years now to know that there were some ghosts that haunted you forever.”
― Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting