Amanda

“I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. The calling of arms, I have followed from boyhood. I have never sought another.

I have known lovers, sired offspring, competed in games, and committed outrages when drunk. I have vanquished empires, yoked continents, been crowned as an immortal before gods and men. But always I have been a soldier.”
― Steven Pressfield, The Virtues of War

“Ready to feel again. Ready to trust again. Ready to love again. The heart gets knocked down but it does not stay down.”
― J. Autherine, Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously

“I spoke to him in poetry
And instead of mocking a tongue he couldn’t understand
he took time to learn my language”
― Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Unpaved

“A warrior does not kill because it is his wish to, but because he must. And because he has been made strong enough to do it. Killing is not easy. It shouldn't be. If it becomes easy for you... you become a killer.”
― John Arcudi, Rumble, Vol. 2: A Woe That is Madness