Random Van

“And yet, she felt so much better the moment she stepped outside. That was the strangest thing of all, because this was the second time today the pattern had repeated itself, and it was not yet noon. Had work become so hardscrabble that simply shifting away from it relieved her gloom? She was still worried, of course, about all those things.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, Heir of Uncertain Magic

“A lot of history has been written by the people who fled, rather than those who fought. I was planning on writing a lot of history.”
― I. Ribbon, The Demon of Elderstay: The New Dark Saga

“I will burn, I will bleed, I will banish myself from existence for it.”
― Katharine J. Adams, Tonight, I Burn

“Recently, I’ve been almost entirely convinced that I’m doomed to this future: experiencing my nervous system’s gradual failure. I’ve wondered how it might feel when parts of my body stop working, one after the other. Maybe it starts with numbness in my fingertips. Then I lose control of my hands, followed by my arms. Then my feet. Then I’ll lose all sensation below the waist. Stop being able to turn my head, speak, smile, blink my eyes. Maybe I’ll learn to hold a brush with my mouth and paint a few pictures. Then my respiratory system will stop working, and I’ll die.”
― Hildur Knútsdóttir, The Night Guest