Emily

“I threatened him with bodily harm. He promised to bring me cake for the rest of my life.”
― Chris Cannon, Going Down in Flames

“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed... because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a way that may affect the course of events... by the way they vote, they behave, the way they think.”
― Leonard Bernstein

“One of my father's lessons that stuck: lying to someone gives them power. Makes them the judge and you the defendant. Tell the truth and deal with the results. Lying's for pussies.”
― Isaac Marion, The Burning World

“Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling