Samantha

“Life is meant to be felt. Else why live? Valleys make the mountains.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

“Young boys are more likely to believe in themselves if they know that there’s someone, somewhere, who shares that belief. To carry the burden of belief alone is too much for most young shoulders.”
― Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates

“Are you saying I can come home?” “I’m saying,” he murmurs softly, “it’s not home unless you’re there.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“Perhaps some brilliant boy or girl who has yet to take their first step will one day make an engine to carry us faster than the speed of light beyond our single star. Beyond the stain of man. Would all this chaos be worth that one innovation? I often imagine what humans could do if there were no scarcity. Nothing to fight over. Just an unending expanse to explore and name and fill with life and art. I smile at the pleasant fiction. A man can dream.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold