Ally Nelsen

“Why should you be like any one? You’re nice as you are,”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“He made an effort at thought, and was aware that he was on the floor; and seeing blood on the tiger-skin rug and on his arm, he knew he had shot himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“What you want to be doesn’t change what you are without work.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame