Deborah Dodson

“If a human’s life can be measured in counted coins, then that worth can be diminished, a copper at a time, until no value is left. When an old woman is worth less than the food she eats … well.”
― Robin Hobb, Mad Ship

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
― Bible King James, Bible: King James Bible version complete with Apocrypha (KJV)

“Don’t think about it. Accept the world isn’t the way you thought it was and move on; trust me, it’s the only way you’ll find sleep.”
― Philip C. Quaintrell, Age of the King

“Affection from a child was love in its purest form. There was no judgment of past wrongs, no incrimination, no strings attached. A child’s love concealed no hidden agenda, no preconceived notion concerning what they expected from the relationship. Their motives lay open and bare.”
― Michael Wisehart, Plague of Shadows