Ryu

“However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there's life, there's hope.”
― Stephen Hawking

“How did you decide when someone was irretrievably lost—when they were so evil or toxic or just plain set in their ways that you had to face the fact they were never going to change? How long could you keep trying to save them, and when did you give up and grieve for them as though they were dead?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“Some small ones learn to stitch together a Coat of Scowls or a Scarf of Jokes to hide their Hearts. Some hammer up a Fort of Books to protect theirs.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland

“Hello, Paranoia, My Old Friend”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor