Isabella

“I shrugged. “I can say that,” I said. “It’s harder to believe it.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“Whatever problems you may face, you must know this: I do believe in you.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“There is a natural path to success, Aaron. But you’re too angry and bitter to follow it.” He held his arms obediently behind his back for Liam. “You just flail around stubbornly in the brush alongside it, angry with the world for not making the path exactly where you wish to walk.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Silence

“Sitting there that day, I knew that the only thing I could do was keep putting one foot in front of the other, hoping none of the secrets on my shoulders would make me lose my balance.”
― Ally Carter, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You