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“Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Some people think they are chosen, destined to be great, and do you know what happens while they are basking in the possibility of their own greatness?"

"I don't know," I say.

She narrows her eyes at me. "What happens is that someone with no particular preordained purpose puts their head down, works hard, and makes something happen out of sheer will.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead