Christie

“He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.... We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and we've got to study and think and work hard, all of us, in all our different worlds, and then we'll build... The Republic of Heaven.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all?”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“You have me. Until the last star in the galaxy dies, you have me.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae