Anya

“Do you ever worry that being born into money has stunted us?” Alice blanched. “I don’t mean anything by it,” said Delphine. “It’s just—lately I’ve been wondering whether having all of our material needs met from birth has been a positive aspect of our lives. It seems to me it may have resulted in some absence of yearning or striving in us. The quest, I like to call it. When one’s parents or grandparents have already quested and conquered, what is there for subsequent generations to do?”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“We plant an apple tree today, even if we know the world is going to be destroyed tomorrow. We save those we can.”
― Fredrick Backman, Anxious People

“Men don't protect us, not really. They only protect themselves, or each other. The only thing men ever protected me from was happiness.”
― Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

“Kissing someone - someone you want to kiss, I mean - is like living inside the best song you ever heard. It's the same feeling.”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods