Teresha Esslinger

“Turn to me with all your heart. Do not refuse me because I am dark and shadowed. The fire of the sun has altered me. The seas have encompassed me. The earth has been corrupted because of my work. Night fell over the earth when I sank into the miry deep, and my substance was hidden.” The Moon Queen held a star in one outstretched palm. “From the depths of the water I cried out to you, and from the depths of the earth I will call to those who pass by me,” I continued. “Watch for me. See me. And if you find another who is like me, I will give him the morning star.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“I think God, should he exist, had nothing to do with your existence. Well, to be specific, that you weren’t some so-called ‘holy sign’ of the so-called ‘intelligent design’ of the universe. I think, and this is my personal belief, that we merely exist because the universe is vast and wildly chaotic. Variables aligned, and here we are. You are no different than us. Just smaller and brief.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Blood of Angels

“Mountains are only a problem when they are bigger than you. You should develop yourself so much that you become bigger than the mountains you face.”
― Idowu Koyenikan

“Overcome your guilt, Kaladin. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself.’ Protect, save, help—but know when to give up. They’re such precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings