"If people never become real, it's harder for them to disappoint you.  That's why the Internet is good for sad people.  You can be with people without having to be with people."
-So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder

"There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.  When I grow up I would like to write something that someone could read sitting on a bench on a day that isn't all that warm and they could sit reading and totally forget where they were or what time it was so that they were more inside the book than inside their own head."
-Among Others by Jo Walton

"Let them fear me as long as they leave me alone.  Let them hate me as long as they fear me."
-Among Others by Jo Walton