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“Rosabelle's fatal flaw is that she's willing to destroy herself for the people she cares about. She'll drive herself directly into the ground; keep going until there's nothing left. She became a mercenary as a child just to keep her younger sister alive. She let the Reestablishment torture her for ten years just to be able to give scraps of food to Clara. I saw what she was willing to do to get that plane off the ground at the airfield- what she was willing to endure to get back to her sister.
What she gave up for me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Escape Me

“if you are unwilling to endure pain in the pursuit of change, you'll achieve nothing, and die anyways”
― Tahereh Mafi, Escape Me

“I think you're an idiot," he says sharply. He comes to a stop behind a closed door, flashing me a warning look. "You think coming back alive is something to be proud of? You think death is the worst thing that can happen to you? Death is easy. Enduring your own pain is a mercy. Hell is when you're forced to stay alive, looking on as your enemies take away someone you love-torture someone you love-while you're helpless to save them. Sometimes we pry for death, James. Sometimes making it out alive is worse than death.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Escape Me