Ligia T

“That’s your map of the past. What’s in the map of your future?” I stared at her. “What do you want?” she persisted. I had no idea. When I’d first been evacuated I’d wanted to be like the girl riding the pony, racing the train. Now I was. Parts of me were still jumbled—but maybe that girl had been jumbled too. I’d only seen her from the outside.”
― Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won

“don’t worry about all the people out there catching fireflies when you’re out here catching entire galaxies.  —stay focused on your goals.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers

“I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.’ ” —PLUTARCH, CATO THE YOUNGER, 4 It’s easy to act—to just dive in. It’s harder to stop, to pause, to think: No,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic

“People who are not trusted become untrustworthy.”
― Cassandra Clare, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy