Amy

“Sometimes it seems unfair that events so old can reach forward through the years, sinking claws into one's life and twisting all that follows it. Yet perhaps that is the ultimate justice: we are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us. There is no escaping that, not for any of us.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“KNOW WHAT YOU’RE USING YOUR LIFE FOR. YOU ONLY GET ONE AND IF YOU SPEND IT ON SOMETHING FOOLISH THEN YOU ARE A FOOL, AND YOU’LL DIE FEELING LIKE ONE. NEVER HURT ANYONE YOU DON’T HAVE TO; NEVER TAKE ANY SHIT FROM ANYONE. WHEN YOU ARE READY TO DIE RATHER THAN BE PUSHED, PEOPLE WILL STOP PUSHING YOU. WHEN YOU’RE NOT AFRAID, NO ONE CAN HAVE A HOLD UPON YOU THAT YOU DON’T GIVE THEM WILLINGLY. TO BE HAPPY, BE VIRTUOUS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO REASONS TO EVER DO ANYTHING; TO BE HAPPY, AND TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE BE HAPPY. ALL VIRTUE LIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THAT, IN WORKING FOR OTHERS, IN PROTECTING THE WEAK FROM THE STRONG.”
― Daniel Keys Moran, The A.I. War: The Big Boost

“LET GO, JASON. PAIN GOES AWAY, AND IT HURTS LESS THAN FEAR WHILE IT LASTS. NOTHING DOES LAST, NOT GOOD THINGS OR BAD, NOT SUCCESS OR FAILURE, NOT LIFE ITSELF; AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAIL, WHILE LIFE REMAINS YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER CHANCE EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WILL; CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TRY AGAIN.”
― Daniel Keys Moran, The A.I. War: The Big Boost