Sariah Anne

“I believed myself to be ready then; now, with the hindsight brought by greater age, I see myself for the naive and inexperienced young woman I was. We all begin in such a manner, though. There is no quick route to experience.”
― Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons

“We must forget past failures,” he advised in one of his sermons, “for many times we forget the things of today in lamenting the failures of the past.… Some men regret the last rays of the setting sun, while others look toward the east for the first light of dawn.”
― David von Drehle, The Book of Charlie

“It’s natural to look at a goal and think… it might not be attainable. The trick is to ignore the “not.” Charlie had a gift for ignoring.”
― David von Drehle, The Book of Charlie

“But all fires, of wood or grief, burn down to ashes eventually.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest