Marine

“What Mara didn't see was that this time with Pearl was the gloaming: that space between day and night, that lowering of the sky, when the light pales to blue and everything is outlined in gold. It's the most beautiful part of the day - the golden hour, the photographer's favourite. But it can't last. To stay in the gloaming is to hold off the night. But if the night never comes, then neither can the day.”
― Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming

“I used to tease Kyra about her fascination with comics, but she took it in stride.
"People have used art and graphics to tell stories for centuries," she said once. "We could all do with more heroes and tricksters and storytellers."
I told her, "I'd rather have stars than heroes.”
― Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go

“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Linus. I heard you had quite the adventure.” “Indeed. A bit out of my comfort zone.” “I expect that’s how most explorers feel when they step out of the only world they know for the first time.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea