Salma Ismael

“Leaving what is safe so you can be more, Derek said. The cage is what the bird knows; the sky is all the things he still wants to do even if it's a risk.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Rises

“The most important parts of building a family are "God's Love" and "Meaningful Friendships.”
― Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story

“You know, Dorothy, you can’t let people bring you down so easily or you’ll have your nose in the dirt for the rest of your life. From what I make of it, for every person with a good thought, there are about fifty who’d try to spoil it. We have to guard our good ideas, our happy thoughts, and fight for them. Because if we let those others snuff them out, well, we didn’t after all deserve them.”
― J.M. Lavallee, The Wishing Stone and Other Myths Learned on Gull Cliff Island

“Family are people who never earn your respect or love but demand it nevertheless.”
― Greg Keyes, The Blackgod