Shawn O'Donnell

“Frightened people look for scapegoats.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

“If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation. We inculcate the virtue of avoiding excesses of all kinds—even including, if you will pardon the paradox, excess of virtue itself.”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

“Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope. The alternative is despair.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant

“Do not hurt where holding is enough; do not wound where hurting is enough; do not maim where wounding is enough; and kill not where maiming is enough; the greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, The Illearth War