Melissa

“To me, religion is the Walmart of spirituality ... I mean it's prepackaged. Lowest common denominator. People just have to follow the present motions and rituals and rules. The don't have to think about how the words reconcile with their own hearts. Their own experience.”
― Bill Konigsberg, The Porcupine of Truth

“Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“It is an undeniable, and may I say fundamental quality of man, that when faced with extinction, every alternative is preferable.”
― Dr. Leonard Church

“If you deliberately put out a bowl of milk for the little people, or whatever equivalent gesture, they’d come and suck up the tiny bit of mana that came from your intent, and then they’d leave your house alone in order to preserve the regular supply.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate