Iliana

“To think creatively, to struggle with an opaque text or confounding idea, to seek connections between periods of history or disciplines of thought, and to search for the precise word or the right rhythm for a single sentence—these are human actions every bit as worthy as the wielding of a hammer, the manipulation of a surgical scalpel, or the making of a courtroom argument.”
― Roger Lundin, Beginning with the Word (Cultural Exegesis): Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“...to see a girl who burns me and shocks me and shatters me with a single touch.”
― Kami Garcia