Athena

“She was wiser than she'd been before. Now she knew how fragile life and love were. Maybe she would love him for only this day, or maybe for only the next week, or maybe until she was an old, old woman. Maybe he would be the love of her life... or her love for the duration of this war... or maybe he would only be her first love. All she really knew was that in this terrible, frightening world, she had stumbled into something unexpected.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Giving up was the new normal, and I have to say it was catching.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“But it can put a lot of pressure on a person to be told they need to be strong.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments