“One of the best things about love, real love, is that it doesn’t demand perfection. It simply invites us to live up to our potential.”

“Love really was like a bird. You didn’t know where it might settle, or where. You couldn’t tame it, couldn’t force it. Couldn’t often predict it. You could call and call for it and never would it flutter down. Then, at the most unexpected time, in the most unexpected place, it was there.”

“We need to look at why so many women believe a man is going to save us. It’s not because of evidence of saving. I haven’t seen a lot of dudes on white stallions pulling up to single women’s homes. In fact, I have seen most women get on their own damn stallion. It’s just male-dominated society that snows us into not noticing it’s we women doing the saving. We are the white stallion and we have to wait for no one but ourselves.”

“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)”

“Rey's face fell, and Leia could see the pain etched there.The girl cared about Ben, and he had disappointed her.”

“If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think of ourselves as Google's customers, but really we're its products.”

“You stupid, irresponsible human,” Lorelei spit the words out like a curse. Kary had never heard the word “human” sound so bad. ”

“Were you born to obey?”