Sean

“Loren’s hand went to the black, velvety fabric, stroking it gently. “This was a gift,” she said softly. “Maybe that pink dress was, too,” said Gem. “Or maybe she only bought that dress from coin what she earned. Earned doing things you’d never do, that you’d think were beneath you. I know many pretty girls with fine dresses what pay for those dresses with the failings of rich men.”
― Garrett Robinson, Nightblade

“It’ll be your loss, Ethan. Day’ll come, when he’s grown and it’s too late, that you’d give a kingdom to go back and spend a single hour with your son as a boy. To hold him. Read a book to him. Throw a ball with a person in whose eyes you can do no wrong. He doesn’t see your failings yet. He looks at you with pure love and it won’t last, so you revel in it while it’s here.”
― Blake Crouch, Pines

“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it. If you don’t understand this, you will try to figure out which of the many things the voice says is really you. People go through so many changes in the name of “trying to find myself.” They want to discover which of these voices, which of these aspects of their personality, is who they really are. The answer is simple: none of them. If”
― Michael A. Singer, The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

“It was a hat—a nice red toque. Toques need to be red, you see. Just like red barns, they’re just something that is.”
― CasualFarmer, Beware of Chicken