The Search for WondLa
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Your home is where your family is... Where someone waits for you and thinks about you.
So, Eva Nine, you must sometimes disregard what someone is saying and focus instead on what they are doing. Watch and observe. That is when one reveals his true self.
It reveals that people are confusing." Rovender corrected her. "Not Confusing. Complex.
Strength is not just in muscle and bone," Rovender said "That is right," Soth added. "Emotional strength is more powerful.
As Antiquus's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action.
Man was not designed to eat pills and powders and all the other chemicals they pump you full of. We were meant to live off the land in harmony with it. Not in some safety bubble.
We did not know that she had passed," Soth said. She held a palm up to the air. "Hopefully, her spirit has found serenity." The council did the same. "Spirit find Serenity," they said in unison.
The essence will be evident everywhere. In all that the citizens do: in their art, music, food, and their buildings. If the essence of a place nourishes your spirit, then it is a good place to be" -Rovender
Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives." -Rovender
But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action. You are a leader, Eva Nine. A hero. And you are my WondLa" -Rovender
It is because they are happier when they are together. They are safe. They are strong.
One can find happiness in a variety of places. It can be in a busy city of many, such as Solas; but it may also be alone, deep in a tranquil forest. It is not always among your kind" -Rovender
We have someone with us who is dying--someone whose spirit is ready to leave this world, she thought to the tree. But he wants to be with his clan. With his forest. Will you take us?
True, it has given its life," Rovender said. "But its energy, its spirit, will replenish yours. Respect that and enjoy the meal.
Eva, I recognize your confusion. It is not always easy to understand another's spirit, especially if you do not know where to look" -Rovender
One can din happiness in a variety of places. It can be in a busy city of many, such as Solas; but it may also be alone, deep in a tranquil forest. It is not always among your kind" -Rovender
A heart of compassion is just as hard to hold within you as one of indifference" -the Truth Bird
A child needs his parent at all times, Father. Not just when life is smiling down upon him" -Rovender
Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives.
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