Matthew Light

“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

“a packed mind resisted new impressions; it tended to force itself onto the surrounding world, rather than filling itself with that world.”
― Brian Staveley, The Emperor's Blades

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

“May God make safe to me each step,
May God make open to me each pass,
May God make clear to me each road,
And may He take me in the clasp of His own two hands.”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross