Miriam

“I feel as though the animal was surging up through them; that presently the degradation of the Islanders will be played over again on a larger scale.”
― H.G. Wells, The Complete Novels of H.G. Wells

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as you might appreciate, their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? - at that moment, my heart was breaking.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day