Eugenia

“Tienes cicatrices, cicatrices feas, porque te hicieron algo feo, algo malvado. La gente ve las cicatrices. Pero también te ve a ti y tú no eres esas cicatrices. No eres fea. No eres malvada. Eres Therru y eres hermosa. Eres Therru, que puede trabajar y caminar y correr y bailar, hermosamente, con un vestido rojo.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu

“The lower ranks have the privilege of questioning the sanity and competence of their commanders. It’s the mortar holding an army together.”
― Glen Cook, The Black Company

“To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

“My lord, do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.” There”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore