Amy

“I liked you, you know,” he says. “I like you still.” For a moment, I wonder what would happen if I hauled off and punched him.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“A person could rise above their past, but they couldn’t escape it. Some got trapped in the mire of what happened to them and could neither live in the present nor envision a future.”
― Casey L. Bond, High Noon

“But free will is what it means to be human, and no one can determine the path you take through this universe. Choice is our greatest right, our greatest gift—and our greatest responsibility.”
― Amie Kaufman, Their Fractured Light

“It is foolish to run risk of going mad for vanity's sake.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit