Ottavia

“Così il Tempio di coloro che prevedevano era divenuto reliquia, il futuro solo una parola, un'opinione, e il domani un eterno oggi.”
― Niccolò R.V. Toderi, Verbum. Custos Verbi

“Domani io permarrò. Tanto basta", come la stessa Akropolis ricordava costantemente, con quel misto di antico e moderno, di arcaici stucchi e scuro metallo, le alte colonne di pietra e le tubature di rame dal diametro gigantesco che fuoriuscivano come flebo da un corpo languente.”
― Niccolò R.V. Toderi, Verbum. Custos Verbi

“Daniel reaches out and seizes both of my wrists in his hands. “Look at me,” he says, his eyes locking on to mine. They are fierce in the night, and in them I see the same brother who had once stood up to an entire nation. “It is not weakness to open your heart. It does not make you less of a man to ask for help. To turn to someone when you’re vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on. You don’t have to bear the weight of anything by yourself. Do you understand me? I know what it’s like to be forced to go it alone. I never want you to feel that way.”
― Marie Lu, Rebel

“We can’t save the world...”

“But still we try anyway... One day at a time.”
― Marie Lu, Rebel