Shawn O'Donnell

“Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, Reave the Just and Other Tales

“They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing – so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

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

“One cannot reasonably expect sameness out of so much difference,”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season