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“There is no apology for my acts. We have a choice, all of us, in seeing the world and system we participate in. At some point, we are confronted with the cost. What suffers for happiness. What dies for life. Even Caesar couldn’t keep such a thing hidden, the blood that waters an empire’s soil. You have a choice. You can choose to close your eyes and enjoy your lucky position on the good earth. You can choose to walk away.
Or you can choose to rebel.
Librarian Poppaea Julia, 48 BCE”
― A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten

“Whatever the case, we want to change things around us. Because we want to matter, and we believe that our work makes us matter. The work isn't the end, it's the means for what we really want: to matter.”
― Sonali Dev, Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

“Their thoughts did head in the same direction often enough, but there were times when Etta remained as mysterious as the stars in the sky.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Passenger

“I do not pity you. But I do know what it feels like. To be wanted only for what you are.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season