“You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.”
“I am the palm and this is only wind. I will bend, but I will not break.”
“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own drama, I forget I'm not the only one in the play.”
“Fear and pain are only wind. Let it blow past you.”
“Cowards kill as often as heroes”
“Great things can be found in small talk”
“Pain teaches, Par’chin, Jardir had once told him, and so we give it freely. Pleasure teaches nothing, and so must be earned.”
“We all make mistakes, Gared. But those that can see ’em are halfway to being better men.”
“Plant the seeds you have, the Evejah’ting said. For they may bear unexpected fruit.”
“The future was a living thing, and could never be truly known. It rippled with change whenever someone used free will to make a choice. But”
“What was that?” she whispers.
“If you have to ask, I didn’t do it right.”
“Son, you were your mother's peace. You brought her so much peace and joy from the very first time she held you, that she knew she had to name you Pax. Your mother loved you more than anything in the world. She would have gladly given her life a hundred times over to keep you safe. Whatever you do, just live a good life for her. She had so many hopes for you. But when it boils down to it, all she would want is for you to be happy.”
“Robbie Brace, a practical man, had chosen a practical field. Oh, but how it depressed him.”
“What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over. Get a post-bac or try writing for the first time. The notion that it’s too late to do anything is comical. It’s hilarious. We’re graduating from college. We’re so young. We can’t, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it’s all we have.”
“Dawnstar, the former ShadowClan leader who had given a life to Raggedstar. “I give you a life for honor,” she told Brokentail. “Honor is expected from all cats, but most of all, from a Clan leader. Use the honor of leadership carefully.”
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