Natalie

“Would you rather die, or be unwound? Now he finally knows the answer. Maybe this is what he wanted. Maybe it's why he stood there and taunted Roland. Because he'd rather be killed with a furious hand than dismembered with cool indifference.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Time to climb back up,” she said, and began walking. Em blinked. Frowned. “What?” “Climbing up. To the surface?” “That’s not what you said.” Gyre stopped, listening to the water sliding from her suit, pattering against the shallow pool she stood in. “Of course it is. What else would I have said?” “You said time to climb back down.”
― Caitlin Starling, The Luminous Dead

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats