There is something inherently hopeful in unlikely friendships, I think. It speaks to our ability to surprise and connect - and how, in all the ways that matter, we are not really that different. - Emily Spurr

"That was before I'd met him. Back when he was captain of the Black Pearl.""What? He failed to mention that.""He plays things closer to the vest now. And a hard-learned lesson it was. See, three days out on the venture, the first mate comes to him and says everything's an equal share. That should mean the location of the treasure, too. So, Jack gives up the bearings. That night, there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die, but not before he'd gone mad with the heat." - Pirates of the Caribbean

“You still blush too easily when confronted,” Jasnah noted.“I’m sorry.”“And apologize too easily as well.”“I’m… uh, indignant?”- The Stormlight Archive

"[The sorting hat] only put me in Gryffindor," said Harry in a defeated voice, "because I asked not to go in Slytherin…""Exactly," said Dumbledore, beaming once more. "Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - JK Rowling

Some battles are best fought with a sidekick. - Krista Ritchie

A hero is a person who says yes to adventure. - Kendra Levin

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. - Stephen King

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. - Ernest Hemingway