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“Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.”
― Brent Weeks

“Be careful, boy. In some tales, the hero gets eaten by the monster after all.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight