Erica

“You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while. “But Dianne…Dianne is like a waterfall of spark pouring off a sharp iron edge that God is holding to the grindstone. You can’t help but look, can’t help but want it. You might even put your hand to it for a second. But you can’t hold it. She’ll break your heart….” The”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“She fixed her mind on stone in the soles of her feet and on the song of the mountains, and kept going”
― Tamora Pierce, Battle Magic

“She must bring her song to the stone heights, to the dwellers inside. They would take her in, their sister of the mountains. They would bring her home.”
― Tamora Pierce, Battle Magic

“Loving someone, even loving them so hard your teeth hurt, is necessary, but not sufficient if you are not there for them. If you're not there when they need you, then you force them to make a life without you. They have no other choice. You may believe at some point you can turn around and say, 'Now, I'm ready.' But you'll only discover that they've moved on.”
― Beck Weathers, Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest