Discovering your purpose and making it happen are two different things.

I used to hate looking at my markings. But the captain taught me they don't mean anything. Because I'm more than the sum of my mistakes.

She had no idea what the future would hold for any of them, beyond possibilities as infinite as the stars.

And really, that was enough.

Sometimes my entire life has felt like one long exercise in lowering my expectations.

It's common knowledge that shiny rocks are preferred among human females.

Let me rephrase,” he added, sharper than barbed steel. “I’m coming with you.”
“Excuse me?” Solara came to a sudden stop, forcing him to do the same. “You’ll go wherever I send you.”
“I’m not—”
“Don’t interrupt.”
He sealed his lips shut.
“Our relationship is simple,” she told him. “I say ‘Jump,’ and you say ‘Through which window, Miss Brooks?’ You don’t make demands of me. Are we clear?