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

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

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

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

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

—Francis Quarles

When do I stop? When I'm twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Or right this minute? Nobody tells you how long you should keep doing something before you give up forever.

—Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

—Jules Renard