T. Bates

“I realize that this is what being a parent means—facing the most horrible thing that could ever happen to you and yet thinking only of how it will hurt your child.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

“Hannus' face was clear of concern, unriven by the cruel lines wrought by grief and loss. A young face. A blank sheet on which time would write its woes.”
― Phil Tucker, The Black Shriving

“No? Fair enough. I’ve gone through long periods of time where I haven’t, either. But in the end I find myself returning to it, time and again. It gives me comfort. It helps me find peace in this awful world of ours.” Asho”
― Phil Tucker, The Siege of Abythos

“We cannot fight injustice by hiding. You cannot fight injustice by waiting. You cannot hope for others to fight injustice for you. The time to fight injustice is always today, the way to fight injustice is always by taking the higher ground, and the person to fight injustice is always you.”
― Phil Tucker, One By One