Elijah

“The sound coming out of me is nothing like a cough, nothing even in the same category of a song, but some kind of bird of prey roar, shredding my throat, pulsating my fingers, and Milekt beneath it, singing inside my voice, amplifying me, and making me stronger.”
― Maria Dahvana Headley, Magonia

“Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an audience. Knock a child into a river while no one's looking and then rescue him.”
― Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue

“Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey