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“It doesn't matter who started it or what it's really about...war usually ends up sucking most for women. Even when we're not fighting the battles ourselves, we somehow always end up with the lion's share of the suffering.”
― Saga, Volume 5
― Saga, Volume 5
“There are more valuable things in life than safety and comfort. Learn. You owe it to yourself.”
― Akata Witch
― Akata Witch
“Money and material things make you king or queen of the Lamb world. You can do no wrong, you can do anything.”
― Akata Witch
― Akata Witch
“You know that old cliché about millions of deaths being a statistic while the loss of just one life is a tragedy? If that's true, what is it when you lose something that never even had the chance to be born? I've had lots of relationships in my time, platonic and otherwise, but the ones I think about most are those that never quite made it to term. The dashing first date who didn't call you back. The lady on the train you had that amazing conversation but never saw again. The cool neighbor kid you met the first time a week before he moved away. I guess I'm just haunted by all that potential energy. One moment, the universe presents you with this amazing opportunity for new possibilities...and then...”
― Saga, Volume 7
― Saga, Volume 7
“Teachers always promise that students are in a "safe place," but most of us figure out that's a lie pretty fast. My very first fire drill was all the confirmation I needed that the worst can happen anywhere, anytime.”
― Saga, Volume 6
― Saga, Volume 6
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