Nancy

“A very precious and lovely part, but not all,” continued Rose. “Neither should it be for a woman: for we’ve got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I’m sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won’t have anything to do with love till I prove that I am something besides a housekeeper and baby-tender!”
― Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom

“Remember to see yourself as you are in the eyes of those who love you.”
― Brent Weeks, The Burning White

“Triumphant, with a cloak of fire and a crown of blood, Dazen the Black would return. He would bring down heaven and he would raze hell.”
― Brent Weeks, The Burning White

“He believed in me, even when there was nothing to believe in.”
― Rachel Aaron, The Spirit War