Grace

“Everyone okay?" Mal asked.

"Never better," said Genya shakily.

David raised his hand. "I've been better.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Okay...' I hurried on. 'But why me?'
'You're a girl,' Lockwood called. 'Aren't you supposed to be more sensitive?'
'To emotions, yes. To nuances of human behavior. Not necessarily to secret passages in a wall.'
'Oh, it's much the same thing.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“We all die. Not everyone dies for a reason.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Ambition without direction is like milk without a cup.”
― Gregory Maguire, Egg & Spoon