" She made herself look. To face down that place of pain and despair. It would always leave a mark, a stain on her, but she would not let it define her.
Hers was not a story of darkness.
This would not be the story. She would fold it into herself , this place, this fear, but it would not be the whole story. It would not be her story. "
― Sarah J. Maas , Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)