Emma Taylor

“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me!”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
― Jack London

“Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant