Cathy

“Finally one of my teachers took me aside and said: ‘Manuel, you are not God. You aren’t omnipotent. Wanting to help is good, but this belief that you, personaly, have so much power to affect the universe is starting to border on personal idolatry.’” He snorted. “He wasn’t wrong.”
“Did that help?” Selena asked.
“Not really, but at least then I felt guilty about feeling guilty, which is very catholic.”
― T. Kingfisher, Snake-Eater

“This life is like a sword. It’s the tool I know how to use. I have sharpened it to a keen edge, and it accomplishes the tasks I set it to. It may cut me from time to time, but I know its value. If I put it down, what other tool is there to hand?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“In the end, that was what got her moving again. As folk had done since time immemorial, she got on with things, because otherwise … who would feed the dog?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Always remember, although the unimaginative see life as a thread stretched from one point to another, birth to death, a life truly lived is a glorious tangle. One is never lost. And if one is lucky, one is never found, either.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives