Andrew

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons

“When there's nothing left to hide, we break ... Everyone is alone when they face themselves. We can stand against a thousand strangers but run to the far corners of our minds to escape our own darkness.”
― Sarah Buhl, Penance

“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey