Matthew Light

“Don’t ever settle for just survival, son. Survival isn’t life…”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., The Magic of Recluce

“Better, I thought, not to touch at all than to touch and bring hurt upon myself and others. Better to do nothing than to make a move and have it be the wrong one. But even deciding to not touch or to be nothing is a decision, Vanyel, and by deciding not to touch, so as to avoid hurt, I then hurt those who tried to touch me.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Pawn

“Freedom should be tempered by others,” Dubaku took up my thoughts. “The price of freedom is loneliness.” I turned the idea around in my mind. Saw the truth of it. Only in complete isolation, or with complete disregard for others could you be truly free. Loneliness would be the price of that.”
― Chris Northern, All The King's Bastards

“I’d rather be forgotten for the things people think I’ve done. And I’d give it all if I could forget the things I failed to do.”
― Robin Hobb, The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate