Anne Pauline

“Surprisingly, Stannis smiled at that. “You’re bold enough to be a Stark. Yes, I should have come sooner. If not for my Hand, I might not have come at all. Lord Seaworth is a man of humble birth, but he reminded me of my duty, when all I could think of was my rights. I had the cart before the horse, Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.”
― Margaret Mead

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

“I am not a little girl anymore, dazzled by your magic. It is my magic, now, too.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless