"That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult...then comes s..."
- Peter David
"I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side."
- Criss Jami
"We doubt in others, what is in fact in ourselves. The skeletons in your own closet are the things that scare you the most about others; people who come from a background of lying are suspicious of lyi..."
- C. JoyBell C.
"She dreamed of autumn. Of chilly autumn winds and soft fall rains. She could even feel the cool moisture as the rain drops touched her face and ran down her cheeks."
- Grace Willows
"Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism."
- Amit Kalantri
"Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back."
- Victoria Schwab
"Faith is a luxury for those who are able to ignore what the rest of us must see every day. Pessimism, distrust, and irony are the holy trinity of my religion, irony in particular."
- Brando Skyhorse
"The actuality that the heart does not want to feel, doesn't negate the certitude that it once felt and will still feel."
- Itohan Eghide
"We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet girl, there are wolves at the door. If we are not careful, they might e..."
- Ruta Sepetys
"The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible."
- DaShanne Stokes