“I’ve always felt that the mark of a man is his willingness to fight for his principles. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. It doesn’t matter if you ever had a chance to win in the first place. Even if the deck is rigged and the game’s against you, you keep fighting until the bitter end.”
― The Long Way Down
― The Long Way Down
“Most people never question the core beliefs they grow up with,” Emil confirmed. “You can look back on any culture five hundred years later and wonder how they could have ever believed some of the contradictory or flat-out insane things they accepted as law or common sense.”
― Daring
― Daring
“The world is full of good men who make bad decisions,” I told her. “Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn’t. You just have to figure things out the best you can. Make the best choices you can. Choices you can live with.”
― Redemption Song
― Redemption Song
“Fear is just in your mind, and you can conquer it if you want to.” “How?” I asked him tearfully. “You chose not to be afraid.” I didn’t understand what he meant. How can you choose not to be afraid? Fear is fear, and it grips you whether or not you want it to. But I understood now that even if fear grips you hard, only you can give it power over you. All you had to do was choose.”
― Serpent Son
― Serpent Son
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