Emily

“Who are you?" the woman said at last.

"Lyra Silver—"

"No, where d'you come from? What are you? How do you know things like this?" Wearily Lyra sighed; she had forgotten how roundabout Scholars could be. It was difficult to tell them the truth when a lie would have been so much easier for them to understand.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do anything we can do. Even if what we do does not bring us to our goal, it brings us much closer to it.”
― CLAMP

“Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“You say your life is unraveling. Your life cannot unravel. Your life is your life. You haven't lost it. It's just different now”
― Jeffrey Cranor, Welcome to Night Vale