Cheyenne Smith

“His eyes were the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. In manner, something of the great seigneur still clung to him, so that he even ripped you up with an air, and I have been told he was a raconteur of repute. He was never more sinister than when he was most polite, which is probably the truest test of breeding...”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.”
― Joanne Harris, Chocolat

“That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

“You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what’s left to you.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation