“Don’t be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways.” Her eyes became distant. “There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.” ― Jim Butcher, Ghost Story
“If he never risked anything more - he reasoned - he could never lose anything more. But it hadn’t lasted. It wouldn’t do. Never risking anything meant never having or doing or being anything either. Life is risk, it turned out.”
— Quentin Coldwater, The Magician’s Land (Lev Grossman)
“And what might one say of the sun? It warms me, and rots me… it blinds me. It leaves me dry. I am withered and parched… Left alone with my thirst. Unquenched. A burning on my skin.
