STU INIKA

“You can't really feel safe in this world, is what I was learning. Protection is flimsy. The people who are supposed to shield you from danger might not.”
― Claire Swinarski, What Happened to Rachel Riley?

“You can't depend on people to not do bad. You can only depend on yourself to do good. You have to rely on your own self.”
― Claire Swinarski, What Happened to Rachel Riley?

“Death had come to Ellingham again. Death loved this place. But if Stevie was going to cope with being here, cope with the job she wanted to do, she had to look death in the eye. She could not be afraid, or cry whenever she saw a sad memento. She had to be tough. That's what death deserved.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“Give any opponent a chance to surrender, but don't take risks with him. Something can always go wrong in a duel. A snapped girth, a cut rein, a lucky blow that gets through your guard. Don't take chances.”
― John Flanagan, The Kings of Clonmel