Kelley

“I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said.
"It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“It was the horror of someone who'd been dealt a winning hand, had bet her life on the game, and then proceeded (deliberately?) to lose.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“مَنْ هناك؟" فقل للهويّة: شكراً!
إن نظرتَ إلى وردةٍ دون أن توجعكْ
وفرحتَ بها، قل لقلبك: شكراً!
إن نهضت صباحاً، ولم تجد الآخرين معك
...يفركون جفونك، قل للبصيرة: شكراً!
إن تذكرت حرفاً من اسمك واسم بلادك،
كن ولداً طيباً!
ليقول لك الربُّ: شكراً!”
― محمود درويش