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“I made jokes because the alternative was to scream as loudly on the outside as I was on the inside. Because I needed to laugh so that I wouldn't burn with anger at the injustices around me.”
― The Captive Kingdom
― The Captive Kingdom
“Thoughts entered my mind, telling me that this was not a fight I could win, and I pushed them away. What I had said before was the absolute truth. Every risk I ever took, every leap of faith, every step into the darkness was to prove to myself that I could overcome any challenge that came my way. No matter how small I often felt, I needed to know that I could face the hard thing ahead because I'd already done harder things before.”
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“Maybe confidence in oneself had nothing to do with what other folks thought or did. Maybe it was deep down inside you, just waiting to be let loose like a spring of water gushing to the surface.”
― Under the Tulip Tree
― Under the Tulip Tree
“But this new king is also my older brother. He was always the one to pick me up when I fell, to warn me of dangers I had not yet discovered, to teach me the wisdom I had yet to learn for myself. All my life, I thought if I could only be more like him, then I would somehow find the best in myself. All my life I have fallen short of that goal, and yet he believed in me anyway, and gave me hope of being a better person tomorrow.”
― The Captive Kingdom
― The Captive Kingdom
“What if the plan fails?"
"What if it does? Failure isn't the end of a plan. Just keep pushing back until all that's left is to win."
For some reason, that made him chuckle.
"I've always envied you."
"Me?" Certain I had heard wrong, I turned to look at him. "I'm the embarrassment, remember?"
"That's because you try. You stand at the base of a mountain that cannot be climbed, or should not be, and you start to climb anyway. No, it doesn't work every time, that's why it can be seen as an embarrassment. But when it works, it's a victory." He lowered his eyes as if in shame. "I don't even try the climb, because I know that I might fall. That is a far greater embarrassment.”
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"What if it does? Failure isn't the end of a plan. Just keep pushing back until all that's left is to win."
For some reason, that made him chuckle.
"I've always envied you."
"Me?" Certain I had heard wrong, I turned to look at him. "I'm the embarrassment, remember?"
"That's because you try. You stand at the base of a mountain that cannot be climbed, or should not be, and you start to climb anyway. No, it doesn't work every time, that's why it can be seen as an embarrassment. But when it works, it's a victory." He lowered his eyes as if in shame. "I don't even try the climb, because I know that I might fall. That is a far greater embarrassment.”
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