Nikole (literarily_occupied)

“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

“Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he’ll never truly command it. I am your daughter, not your horse, sir.”

I stepped closer, enjoying the way Father leaned away from me as if he were just now discovering that a cat, while precious and cute, also had sharp claws. “I’d rather be a lowly wretch on the streets than live in a house full of cages. Do not lecture me on propriety when it’s a virtue you so grossly lack.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“It’s impossible to really hate someone if you don’t love them at least a little.”
― Renee Carlino, Swear on This Life

“Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You