Paige

“Like the teachers at the Duke's estate, the priest thought he knew the girl and what she was capable of. He was wrong. He did not hear their hidden language, did not understand the boy's resolve. He did not see the moment the girl ceased to bear her weakness as a burden and began to wear it as a guise.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“And I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, 'This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“As I turned to go, I nearly trod on the body of a young robin half hidden in the grass. Its wings were twisted and bent. Its body stiff and bloodied.
'A hawk's work,' I thought, wondering if the robin had seen the brilliant blue of the sky and felt the sun on its back before its wings were broken.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

“Springtimes have needed you. And there are stars expecting you to notice them.”
― Anita Barrows, A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke