Allie

“Nyah waved away his objection. “If your ideas hold merit, they’ll win out in spite of your person.” “Yes, that’s the lie everyone unaffected by hidden hardships believes.”
― Evan Winter, The Fires of Vengeance

“To be understood, he’d speak the one language the powerful share with the powerless, the language of pain, fear, and loss. The powerful had to be shown that people can only be pushed so close to the flame before they catch fire and burn everything down.”
― Evan Winter, The Fires of Vengeance

“Fear is the mind-killer….”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Worry is a spiral with death at its center, Cassius,” I reply.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer