Alina

“... everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist

“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”
― Molière

“Unidentified One sounded even more amused. “You had better have the weapon we were told of, or I’ll take your ribs out one by one and break them in front of your little face.”
I saved that for future reference. Unidentified One seemed to have gone to some trouble with the wording of that threat, it would be a shame if they never experienced it firsthand.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“How slow life is, how violent hope is.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire