Kian Ameli

“Anytime you stop the story to explain why a character is doing what she’s doing, or how something came to be, you’re probably telling.”
― Janice Hardy, Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It)

“Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things, and how often thou hast received an opportunity from the gods, and yet dost not use it. Thou must now at last perceive of what universe thou art a part, and of what administrator of the universe thy existence is an efflux, and that a limit of time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will never return.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“A hero does not choose her trials. She steps into the darkness, then she faces what comes next.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Starsight

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus