Sometimes the thing you think will fix everything ruins it instead. And sometimes what hurts you has to tear you apart before it makes you stronger.

And for me, it means honoring those who've loved me and sacrificed for me by choosing to be the kind of warrior who delivers justice even when it threatens to hurt me.

Let Ian laugh. Let him believe pain will ruin me. I know better. I've already been ruined once, and I know how to rise from the ashes. I know how to find my broken pieces.

Silent acquiescence in the face of tyranny is no better than outright agreement.

Thank you for telling me fairy tales, but also for teaching me how to face the battle I'd need to win in real life.

Fear out. Courage in.

Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.

Maybe that's what love is. Giving others the power to hurt you and trusting that they'll use it to heal you instead.