“There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.”

“I love how you still think if you tell me to do something, I'll just check my brain at the door and do it.”

“That's not what he meant," Rachel says again, pink flushing her cheeks."Actually, I meant-" I start to say, but Willow cuts me off."What? It's true. He looks at you like he'd like to dip you in sug...”

“I ache to hear her tell me she loves me, but forcing her to put words to how she feels pushes her further into the silence she seems comfortable calling home now. I tell myself to be patient and un...”

“Please tell me you're not that stupid.Rachel to Melkin”

“I never thought it was fair that anatomy decided what my brain was fit for.”

“Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil")”

“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

“Defying the Dark One no matter the length of his shadow. We will live, that defiance said. We will love and we will hope.”

“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”

“Who says life is fair, where is that written?”

“We are all born and someday well all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isnt a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? Wha...”

“When things go wrong, don't go with them.”

“A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.”

“It is not over, unless you stop trying.”