Elizabeth

“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“At least I was doing something, unlike Max, who seemed fairly committed to doing absolutely nothing, ever. On a particularly cold day, he stepped outside, shivered, looked up at the sky, and declared, “I’m not made for this,” before wandering back into the house. I quickly learned that Max was apparently only “made for” an exceptionally narrow set of environments, temperatures, activities, and interactions.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Stupid people are dangerous.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
― JRR Tolkein