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

“Nothing grants wisdom like loss.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer

“[During a market panic] there are many casualties, cruel transfers of individual fortunes. Yet he who possesses even a modicum of unimpaired capital is as one who watches the sand run down in an hourglass, while fully aware that he may, at the given moment, turn the glass over and begin the process anew.”
― William J. Bernstein, The Four Pillars of Investing, Second Edition: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

“The greater the trauma, the longer the peace.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer