Taylor O'dell

“This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
― T.S. Eliot

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Eros, honoured without reservation and obeyed unconditionally, becomes a demon.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Sometimes...you can cry until there's nothing wet in you. You can scream and curse to where your throat rebels and ruptures. You can pray, all you want, to whatever god you think will listen. And, still it makes no difference. It goes on, with no sign as to when it might release you. And you know that if it ever did relent...it would not be because it cared.”
― Jhonen Vasquez, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut