David

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore.”
― Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora Segunda

“But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must snatch freedom from the hands of the tyrant. You must spirit away innocent lives before they are destroyed. You must hide secret and sacred places.”
― Lian Tanner, Museum of Thieves

“Goldie closed her eyes and tried not to think about how she had nearly died, waiting for someone to come along and save her. She shivered. 'I'll never do that again,' she thought. 'Next time I'll save myself.”
― Lian Tanner, Museum of Thieves