" For Caleb, it wasn’t a question of “if,” only of “when.” We needed more of that relentlessness, in my opinion. I dared not call it optimism, for optimism was the downfall of inexperienced fools. It was determination that pushed us forward, sprinkled with a little bit of hope that we might secure a tomorrow for ourselves, one way or another. "

― Bella Forrest , A Piece of Scythe (A Shade of Vampire #74)