Julia

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read.”
― William Trevor

“She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden