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Mrs. Oliphant
“But there is nothing a man might not do, with you to encourage him. You make me wish to be a hero." He laughed, but Hester did not laugh. She gave him a keen look, in which there was a touch of disdain. " Do you really think," she said, " that the charm of inspiring, as you call it, is what any reasonable creature would prefer to doing? To make somebody else a hero rather than be a hero yourself? Women would need to be disinterested indeed if they like that best. I don't see it. Besides, we are not in the days of chivalry. What could you be inspired to do— make better bargains on your Stock Exchange?”
Mrs. Oliphant, Hester

Stephanie Marie Thornton
“Far better to dare mighty things and fail mightily than to never dare at all.”
Stephanie Thornton, The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora

Sue Grafton
“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
Sue Grafton

Sabaa Tahir
“There are two kinds of guilt. The kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged but it's there. Don't let them take it from you.”
Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

Fredrik Backman
“God doesn't protect people from knives, sweetheart. That's why God gave us other people, so we can protect each other.”
Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

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