Iris

“Too many people are frightened. They want youth to last. They complain bitterly if sickness comes. But the world is always in tumult, and fortunes rise and fall and fail. It is the ambitious who accomplish things. It takes courage to be ambitious, for never was anything great achieved without risk.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“People are more than just the way they look.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.”
― David Walliams, Gangsta Granny

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
― William H. Gass, A Temple of Texts