Peter

“He said, “At your age, life is full of possibilities. But as the years pass, those possibilities vanish, one by one, like doors closing in a hallway. You feel time slip by, and your energy slip away. One day, you realize you’re too old to be a famous musician, or change careers, or have more children. And each of those closed doors represents a regret. As you get older, well, those regrets come to define you.”
― Jason Pargin, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“So that was love, then? Nhika thought. The things we protect and the people we can’t live without?”
― Vanessa Le, The Last Bloodcarver

“Proud as he was of it, he hadn’t forgotten the cost: the poor human children who’d been taken from their world and made into vessels. No matter how much Venkat might miss his family, no matter how much he wanted to have them again, he couldn’t pay that price. Anything bought in purloined youth and burnout could only ever be tainted, no matter how well intentioned.”
― Shveta Thakrar, The Dream Runners

“It has always been a haven for outsiders: people who find themselves unsuited to life anywhere else. But it is also known for being a place where people of great differences—the Mark of Iron, the Mark of the Vine—can be reconciled.”
― S.E. Grove, The Crimson Skew