Gealach

“I seek words of such surpassing beauty that they might melt the hardest heart of stone.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasn’t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesn’t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora