Joy Bado

“Maybe if I had learned to love differently, I could have loved her better. I certainly couldn't of loved her more.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Glorious Rivals

“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle

“Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon