Deanna

“Black was the without eye
Black the within tongue
Black was the heart
Black the liver, black the lungs
Unable to suck in light
Black the blood in its loud tunnel
Black the bowels packed in furnace
Black too the muscles
Striving to pull out into the light
Black the nerves, black the brain
With its tombed visions
Black also the soul, the huge stammer
Of the cry that, swelling, could not
Pronounce its sun.”
― Ted Hughes, Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow

“It's not just children who need heroes.”
― Tamora Pierce

“Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.”
― Tamora Pierce, Page