“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“The impossible becomes possible if only your mind believes it.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“Don’t try to eat an elephant for lunch.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“Impatience is a hindrance. As with all things if you attempt to take shortcuts, the final destination will rarely be as good and may even be attainable.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Sword
“If you need to fall, fall into me.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, quote from The Gravity of Us
“To the three men in gray coats and golden buttons just cresting the hill, the pantomime was a strange one. The speck of green merged with the gray, and the black with the flash of red, as they shot off toward north.”
― Katherine Rundell, quote from The Wolf Wilder
“How do they find out with the experiments?'
'...one way they can find out a whole lot is to make an animal ill and then try different ways to make it better until they find one that works.'
'But isn't that unkind to the animal?'
'Well, I suppose it is...but I mean, there isn't a dad anywhere who would hesitate, is there, if he knew it was going to make [his child] better? It's changed the whole world during the last hundred years, and that's no exaggeration.”
― Richard Adams, quote from The Plague Dogs
“Fire and ice dueled in his throat until his belly heaved and a loud thump rumbled forth from his chest. He felt every nerve in his body twitch, every pore gasp and every follicle surge with electricity. There was no pain but he felt his entire body expand and contract as crackles and slithers wisped in and out of his hearing. Rustles of leaves slowly morphed into distrusting whispers at first and then audible speech. His eyes flashed a calliope of colors and what had been outlines and curves with no tangible meaning, started to curl and curve, until he could see eyes among the foliage, lips on the bark of the trees and much more than just simple greenery. It was a full council discussing his case. “…”
― J.D. Estrada, quote from Only Human
“Blame is something that is shared and denied in equal measures.”
― Patrick Ness, quote from Release
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