"He was the ultimate experiment in Nature Versus Nurture, and she imagined he must be engaged in a constant battle between what he was and what he wanted to be."

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Source : Larissa Ione (2008). “Pleasure Unbound: A Demonica Novel”, p.99, Hachette UK

Larissa Ione

#Battle Quotes #Nature Vs Nurture Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“I never saw anything more like real warfare in my life - only the attack was all on one side. The police, in spite of their numbers, apparently thought they could not cope with the crowd.”
“The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.”
“You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive yourself and everyone, and you are free!”
“Fate determines who comes into our lives Our attitude and actions determine who stays in our lives.”
“Boldness is behavior born out of belief.”
“She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could lose herself in there.”
“The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic...”

Source : Cressida Cowell (2017). “How To Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword”, p.20, Hachette UK
“Emotional pain is sometimes what we make of it. We can always choose how we react. No matter what the pain, breathing always centers me.”

Source : "Watchtower Actor Aleks Paunovic: Getting out of his own way, and the importance of trying". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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