Abbie Riddle

“That's how the water works. The river flows, pushing against a stone, even as it knows it won't move it. It doesn't have to. Enough currents go by, over enough time, and even the strongest stones gives in. It might take a lifetime or more but the water doesn't give up.”
― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

“This wasn't like the hardship in books. It wasn't just that characters in books weren't real and Anna and the children were - that part of it was obvious and expected. It was that the hardship in books was written. It had purpose. It was part of a story, and however bleak it looked for the people inside the pages, that only meant there were more pages left before the end - unless it was a tragedy, or something Russian. Even then, things would work out the way they ought. It wasn't true here. Pain was simply pain, and there was nothing to do about it except refuse to let it break you.”
― H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

“Some people are determined to live out their own personal tragedies.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“Everyone has battle wounds,” Luka cut in. “They are proof you not only survived, but that you chose to get back up and fight again. Fighters have scars, Tessa.”
― Melissa K. Roehrich, Storm of Secrets and Sorrow