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“But I don’t think you would be happy if you saw the children on my road living on a rubbish dump. God, give me the strength and courage and make me perfect pecarse I want to make this world perfect. Malala.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“And I think you're brilliant, talented, courageous, beautiful. You're my miracle. But you're the only one who can say who you are with authority. So, who are you?”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“Cruelty, harshness, pain: no one shielded us from the realities of life, and that made us strong.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Wicked Ones

“Now he was older, and he knew how complicated the world could be. It still hurt like an unexpected blow when he saw that shining ideal tarnished. If he were in charge of it all-”
― Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost