Jay

“One of the factors that made us powerful in those years was being raised with the same ideas, one of which was that you didn't ask for help unless you absolutely had to, and maybe not even then...”
― Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“I walked through the valley of my fate, is all, and learned to love what I could lose.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“Bobby didn't like the world much after a really good movie in any case; for a little while it felt like an unfair joke, full of people with dull eyes, small plans, and facial blemishes. He sometimes thought if the world had a plot it would be so much better.”
― Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis