Vanessa

“And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of great strength.”

“Strength,” she said with a little laugh. “I gave her strength, and look what she did with it.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“The hasty stroke oft goes astray.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King