Quote by Julie Anne Long

“...it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love. He is wrong. None of them will survive.”

— Pierce Brown

“I wanted everything and thought it would be given to me if I asked for it. I think I was too weak to take…

— Jude Deveraux

“Better be dead than living without nobility. I'm an Englishman, a man of manners.”

— Deepak Rana

“And so everything depends on you, Bertie. Bishop or rook. Your life or mine. Do what you believe you have to do.”

— Félix J. Palma

“What a burden it must be to know all the terrible things you've done and support it with arms unfit to carry it all.”

— K. Weikel

“Don't be too eager to rid yourself of your burdens. Your burdens are what shape you.”

— J. Scott Savage

“Sometimes life seemed particularly unfair, unduly harsh, and beyond bearing.”

— Amy Harmon

“I did not and do not want my life tied up in cloak-and-dagger bullshit, dead guys, or pissing contests with either the testosterone crowd…

— Jonathan Maberry

“I cannot break the chains you forged against yourself.”

— Jeff Wheeler

“That's how you should be. Accept your burden and carry it, with joy.”

— John Ajvide Lindqvist

“Speak your truth with grace and integrity, even though it might upset some people. You never know who else, besides yourself, it might help.”

— Leila Summers