Karijane

“Evening fell, there were lights here and there upon the ships, scattered lights on the shore, faint lights in the sky, and still the silence was unbroken and the peace profound. Those on shore saw phantom ships upon the sea now, and those on board saw phantom white villages gleaming along the shore, and after the habit of human kind each man yearned to be where the other was, and saw in the place where he was not his heart’s desire.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, Gentian Hill

“Not that he’d done anything specific. Charlie wasn’t really a “do things” kind of person. He was a “be things” kind of person. Making decisions was easier around him—as if he were an emotional lubricant easing the machinery of the heart”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“I have said before: It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton

“Stick to it,” said Peter; “everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep all on.”
― E. Nesbit, Edith Nesbit Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 200+ Short Stories, Tales for Children & Poems