Stories genuine and honest: Friendship is magic.

Excerpts from Reckless’ Greatest Hits

”There is no healing magic. And there is no way to put an end to war. But we have ways of restoration. We can fix what we break, make up for our wrongs, even if it takes a long, long time. We can make peace, and make it last. We can learn and adopt new approaches, even if it means trying options many would consider... wrong. So long as we are creating, so long as we are attempting to better the lives of others, and finding success in even the smallest ways... that’s what should matter. That’s what we can do... with friends. That’s what life should be.”

Rainbow looked down at the little orange filly. It seemed hard to think of before, but the more she thought about it, the more she saw a bit of herself in her. Maybe they hadn’t taken the same approach to the Vulture’s Cove, but they’d both gone in, and found something that gave their life a bit of pursuit.

And what better pursuit was there than being your absolute best?

“And so I hope—I really hope, and always will hope—if we keep close, our worlds will intertwine, we’ll realize our dreams, and we won’t ever fear living a purposeless life alone.”

“I think it matters what you stand for, and how hard you fight for it. If we all weigh our accomplishments against eachother, we’ll just get discouraged because we’re not all the same. That sorta thinking is how you make a flightless pegasus feel like she doesn’t matter at all, and she never will.”
- Synthetic Bottled Sunlight, Déja Vu (XV), by NorrisThePony