Sarah

“if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.”
― Junot Díaz

“I wanted so much to live. I wanted so much to stay and not to leave. In a moment no answer would matter to me, but just the same, I wanted to know what I guess any dying person wants to know.
"Answer this, Ellimist: Did I . . . did I make a difference? My life, and my . . . my death . . . was I worth it? Did my life really matter?"
"Yes," he said. "You were brave. You were strong. You were good. You mattered."
"Yeah. Okay, then. Okay, then.”
― K. A. Applegate

“Memories don't just live inside you, Minette. They live in all the people and objects you share your life with.”
― Katie O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society

“Hold my hand in yours, and we will not fear what hands like ours can do.”
― Danny P. Jackson, The Epic of Gilgamesh