Aura

“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Courage is not an ability one either possesses or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the consequences are unknown or possibly adverse. We are capable of courageous behavior provided we are willing to engage in it.”
― Alfred Adler

“Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club