Love this thread, and I've been meaning to post in it. Thanks Silver for making it!

A classic for writers that I've always loved: "Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." - Cyril Connolly

"I will become what I deserve." This one comes from a song called The Fear by Ben Howard, and it can be interpreted a few different ways, but I interpret it as a warning. Sort of like a darker version of the Golden Rule: you are merely how you treat others.