Ebony

“Personally, I think sex should be like math. At school. No one really cares if they’re crap at math. They even proclaim it. They’ll say to anyone, “Yeah, I don’t mind science and English, but I’m absolutely shithouse at math.” And other people will laugh and say, “Yeah, me, too. I wouldn’t have a clue about all that logarithm shit.” You should be able to say that about sex, too.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“The only thing that comes for sure is death, colonel”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

“Even if I was pretty, it wasn’t going to be enough to bring me the life I wanted: one where I was free to make choices that mattered, one where people listened to what I had to say. Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus. I’d never get my hands on a thunderbolt, so if I wanted to be free, I’d better find a way to get my hands on the next best thing: a sword.”
― Esther M. Friesner, Nobody's Princess

“If every hero stopped to think about all the what-ifs in his path, none of us would ever take one step beyond our own doorways.”
― Esther M. Friesner, Nobody's Princess