Lauren

“Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of surprises me myself—but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness.”
― Richelle Mead, Shadow Kiss

“Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself.”
― Friedrich Nietzche

“It’s good for you to think of this, son. Ponder. Worry. Stay up nights, frightened for the casualties of your ideology. It will do you good to realize the price of fighting.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart

“Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan