“This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I’ve practiced.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“He told himself he could stop when he could no longer make the next step. He also told himself he could always make at least the next step.”
― The Rage of Dragons
― The Rage of Dragons
“She stuck her tongue out at him. A totally rational and reasonable way to fight a demigod.”
― Edgedancer
― Edgedancer
“A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us.
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer
“Sometimes you need to accept what you’ve lost, then move forward. Then you can instead realize what you’ve gained.”
― Dawnshard
― Dawnshard
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