Alex

“My father didn’t believe in war. He said war was evil, but if it came he would revel in it like sand in a storm.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti

“Are you serious? This is some Rylan Star League ridiculousness.”
― Michael R. Underwood, The Shootout Solution

“Righteous anger could be a valuable tool, but it needed to be rational anger. Anger against evil. Anger against wrongs. It had to be wielded the same way any weapon was wielded. It needed to be wielded with reasoned wisdom tempered with maturity. It had to be respected for the damage it could do not only to evil, but also to the innocent. He knew that sometimes ability grew faster than the sense to know when not to use it, like a young man who grew muscles before growing wise enough not to be easily provoked into using them.”
― Terry Goodkind, Warheart

“That’s because our parents pick out our shoes,” said Patricia. “Just wait until we’re grown up. Our shoes will be insane.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky