Dong Maruco

“We will always be in each other's life."
"And so too, the betrayals. They'll be there too." Savannah seemed stunned but Clarissa noticed her quick recovery.
"And so too, the laughter," she said as she began to close the door behind her. "And so too, the love," she added as the lock caught.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

“Chance, you've gone past something you couldn't afford to go past; your time, your youth, you've passed it. It's all you had and you've had it.”
― Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth

“Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not."
"Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world.”
― Tamora Pierce, Daja's Book

“There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.”
― James Joyce, Dubliners