"And your very flesh shall be a great poem."

I'm here to archive as many beautiful quotes as I can find. All quotes come from books I have read; thus, they are accurate and not incorrectly attributed to the wrong authors (looking at you random inspo-board-posters).

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- from Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

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"No matter how strong you are, how brave, there will come a time in your life when you simply have to allow fate to intervene. And trust the good in the world."

- from Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, volume 2

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"Are you afraid of dying?"

"Yeah, I am. I'm scared of living and dying both."

"But everyone lived their time battling that fear. They grappled with the reason why they were born, their uncertain future, and their inevitable death. But regardless of their fears, their hearts still beat and they moved forward. To continue forward without knowing what lies ahead--requires a frightful amount of courage."

- from Magica, volume 2, by Yuzuko Hoshimi

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"Maybe it was all meant to happen this way."

"Well, I'm not sure if I believe that things are meant to happen."

"You don't have to believe it for it to be true. Following your path is the only way to find what you seek. If you do it right, the Realms may help you yet."

- from Love, Misha by Askel Aden

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"The world goes too fast. I want time to watch and think about what everything means, but other people always want to talk. And words make everything wrong. . . I don't feel right in my body."

- from Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater and Morgan Beem

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"Living things can't live without other living things. But the difference between parasitism and symbiosis is communication."

- from Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater and Morgan Beem

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"It will take time . . . But little by little the wounds will heal, and the pain will become just a memory. That will be the time to start a new journey."

- from Sirius: Twin Stars by Ana C. Sanchez

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"It feels good to work hard at something because I want to . . . rather than to get someone else's approval."

- from Girl Crush, volume 2, by Midori Tayama

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"Those who build utopias rarely anticipate how traumatised the folks who seek them out will be."

- from The Book of Murmurs by Candice Purwin

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"The moment I think I managed to conquer one of my weaknesses . . . I end up finding out I've got another one I never knew about. This pattern is going to keep repeating itself forever, isn't it?"

- from Fall in Love, You False Angels, volume 4, by Coco Uzuki

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"In times of darkness and despair, memories can be our greatest allies."

- from Through the Black Gate by Alfredo Caceres

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"When we're frightened or angry, we make mistakes. But among good friends, we find the best in ourselves."

- Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, book six: Path of Stars by Erin Hunter

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"It's not that I love books. I just don't know . . . how I could possibly tolerate not knowing things."

- from Frau Faust, volume 2, by Kore Yamazaki

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[28] Chapter 16 Review Syndicate: Interview with Danita Dodson

As I gain review-writing experience, I am able to explore more range in my capacity as a reviewer. For example, I got the opportunity to venture into interviews with authors. Danita Dodson, a Tennessee poet, was the first author I got to interview, and I was stoked to be able to pose questions to a poet, as the construction, organization, and overarching narrative of poetry chapbooks and…

[28] Chapter 16 Review Syndicate: Interview with Danita Dodson

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"Sometimes, rather than doing something because it's meaningful, it becomes meaningful because you've done it."

- from Uncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji Ito

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"[T]he things we absorb from the world around us influence and affect our present selves."

- from Uncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji Ito

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"It is hard to tell real panic from the retro-postapocalyptic. It has been almost midnight for such a long time."

- from Edward Gauven's "Introduction" of Letters to Survivors by Gebe