Maryssa

“Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with you?"
"Yep. Figured it would be harder for anyone to shoot me if they saw how devastatingly attractive I was...”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

“I don’t want to be a Princess,” she said finally. “You can’t make me be one.” She knew very well what became of Princesses, as Princesses often get books written about them. Either terrible things happened to them, such as kidnappings and curses and pricking fingers and getting poisoned and locked up in towers, or else they just waited around till the Prince finished with the story and got around to marrying her. Either way, September wanted nothing to do with Princessing.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

“God does not take sides in American politics, and in America disagreement with the policies of the government is not evidence of lack of patriotism.”
― George Mitchell, The Negotiator: A Memoir

“It is better to be feared than loved.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland