Anne

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
― Stendhal, Five Short Novels of Stendhal

“You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence.”
― Kent Haruf