Double Down Quotes

“Courage doesn't mean never being afraid. We're all afraid sometimes. Bravery means doing the right thing anyway. That's true strength.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“Something tells me you were never a Girl Scout.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“I had no idea if I was doing the friend thing right or utterly screwing it up.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“I was not born to wait.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes you had to put it all out there, no matter how hard it felt to do so. When the people in your life were worth it, so was the risk.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“I didn't like showing weakness, not to anybody.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“We're our own heroes.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“The story unfolded quickly as I typed, in a way I was becoming familiar with. There was something about putting the truth on paper, bringing facts into the light of day where everyone could look at them, that made my fingers move faster -- it was becoming one of my favorite sensations on earth.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“I know you don't want to be me. But I'd hate for you to ever feel like you're in my shadow. You're not and you never will be. You are awesome, and there is some kind of amazing future waiting for you.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“My heart pounded annoyingly in my ears, and it was getting harder to stay focused. I'd almost gotten trapped in here, and now I'd come back. Sometimes I did have truly terrible ideas.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“Someone else deciding what was too dangerous for me to be involved in or pursue had never stopped me yet.”
― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

“Don't double down on your mistake for ego's sake.”
― Richie Norton

“Pride can make one a stronger person in the one sense, or so it is often believed, when based solely on the surface, but in the other, and much more frequently, a stronger devil. When pride is undeniably found out of an evil, it saves face by doubling down.”
― Criss Jami, Healology