Luan Arbilo

“He is real, in his own way," Ann pointed out. "After all, what's real? How do you know I'm real, or if you are?”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Hexwood

“Admit you found it pleasant to be worshipped. Admit that you liked the idea of being a sort of dea ex machina--saving people from their own folly when they didn't in the least want to be saved from it.”
― L.M. Montgomery

“Along my journey I have seen the horrors that humans can inflict on one another, but I've also witnessed acts of tenderness and kindness and sacrifice in the worst imaginable circumstances. I know that it is possible to lose part of your humanity in order to survive. But I also know that the spark of human dignity is never completely extinguished, and that given the oxygen of freedom and the power of love, it can grow again.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.”
― Alison Croggon, The Naming