Deanna

“Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself whole: a man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life's sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

“Some people are nobody's enemies but their own, yer know.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“Death must be fought with life, and that means courage and that means joy.”
― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls

“No kindness is ever wasted, nor can we ever tell how much good may come of it.”
― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls