Every moment that passes and I am stuck in this room is a moment that I am not working toward accomplishing my quest. Waiting is not acting. And not acting is akin to failing. How can I wait anymore?

—Bree Despain in The Shadow Prince

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About Bree Despain

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Bree Despain (born 1979) is an American author.

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We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.

—Bree Despain in The Dark Divine

I'm not used to being at a loss for words.

—Bree Despain in The Shadow Prince

As terrible as the truth was, there was something restful about it.

—Bree Despain in The Dark Divine

If you have the ability and the opportunity to help someone, but you don't do anything just because you're scared or it's inconvenient or something, then maybe you're just as bad as the people who caused the trouble in the first place.

—Bree Despain in The Lost Saint

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The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

—Robert Frost

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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

—George Eliot

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I have seen the future and it doesn't work.

—Robert Fulford

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Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.

—Leonard Bernstein

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History

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