Mallory

“Life needed smoothness, but it also needed direction. One could not always be returning to the point of origin.”
― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest

“You sit at a desk twelve hours a day and you have nothing to show for it except some numbers that won't exist or be remembered in a week. You're leaving no evidence you lived. There's no proof.”
― Dave Eggers, The Circle

“All my life, I have been searching for a home," the drow said quietly. "All my life, I have been wanting more than that which was offered to me, more than Menzoberranzan, more than friends who stood beside me out of personal gain. I always thought home would be a place, and indeed it is, but not in any physical sense. It is a place in here," Drizzt said, putting a hand to his heart and turning back to look upon his companions. "It is a feeling given by true friends.

I know this now, and know that I am home."

"But ye're off to Carradoon," Cattie-brie said softly.

"And so're we!" Bruenor bellowed.

Drizzt smiled at them, laughed aloud. "If circumstances will not allow me to remain at home," the ranger said firmly, "then I will simply take my home with me!”
― R.A. Salvatore, Passage to Dawn

“Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke