“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think but to give you questions to think upon.” — Brandon Sanderson

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.” — e. e. cummings

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”

— Robert Frost, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

“If you crush a cockroach, you’re a hero. If you crush a beautiful butterfly, you’re a villain. Morals have aesthetic criteria.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

“You want to be free. You also want to be mine. You can’t be both.” — Nenia Campbell

“I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.”—Lionel Shriver

“Art has a voice—let it speak.” — Rochelle Carr

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” — Isaac Asimov

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” ― Amy Bloom

“Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.” — Donata Joseph

“Body acceptance means, as much as possible, approving of and loving your body, despite its “imperfections,” real or perceived. ” — Golda Poretsky