“He was happy to listen to me even when my thoughts were inconclusive, even when I told stories about my own behaviour that showed me in an unflattering light”

Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

I do love Judy I. Lin’s books and the cover art is amazing, too.

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“She excels because she trusts her skill. I suspect you fear that yours will slip between your fingers if you loosen your grip for even a moment…I always wanted to prove to myself that I was worthy of it… All I did was practice. I forgot how to possess a skill. Instead, the skill posses me. All of me.”

Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

"When anyone tells you habits die hard, Locke, they’re lying, it seems they never die at all.”

Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“With each night they fell back farther, closer to that place where the will to live surrendered to a profound peace.”

Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“It is new, and what is new is innocent, and what is innocent is precious. Observe this child of wonder, and know respect.”

Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

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“It is not the present which influences the future, thou fool, but the future which forms the present. You have it all backward. Since the future is set, an unfolding of events which will assure that future is fixed and inevitable.”

Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

“I have always found the presumptions of others to be the best possible disguise—haven’t you?”

Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“Being in charge isn’t always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it’s about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they’re doing.”

Robert Jordan - Brandon Sanderson, A Memory of Light

“Failure to make a decision was in itself a decision"

Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

“Chains used to claim that there’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated,”

Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“We know this moment of supreme power contained failure. There can only be one answer. That completely accurate and total prediction is lethal.”

Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“For the first time, I could think of the me in the window as a being with meaning.”

Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman