Jake Scogin

“Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Arthur says that we should always make time for the things we like,” Talia said. “If we don’t, we might forget how to be happy.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“But music, de León…” The vampire leaned forward, animated for perhaps the first time since their conversation began. “Music is a truth beyond telling. A bridge between strangest souls. Two men who speak not a word of each other’s tongues may yet feel their hearts soar likewise at the same refrain. Gift a man the most important of lessons, he may forget it amorrow. Gift him a beautiful song, and he shall hum it ’til the day the crows make a castle of his bones.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“Instead of helping others, people use the worst-case scenarios to excuse their own selfishness and greed.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us