Valeria

“A bard must know history so she does not repeat it. She tells the tales but is never part of them. She watches but remains above what she sees. She inspires passions in others and rules her own.”
― David Gaider, The Stolen Throne

“Every grain of experience is food for the greedy growing soul of the artist.”
― Anthony Burgess

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
― Emily Dickinson

“Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed—remember you can go anywhere.”
― Joanna Lumley