"You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals"

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Lev Grossman

#Mistake Quotes #Choices Quotes #Pennies Quotes

“The exact process you use to build courage isn't important. What's important is that you consciously do it. Just as your muscles will atrophy if you don't regularly stress them, your courage will atrophy if you don't consistently challenge yourself to face down your fears. In the absence of this kind of conscious conditioning, you'll automatically become weak in both body and mind. If you aren't regularly exercising your courage, then you are strengthening your fear by default; there is no middle ground.”
“I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.”
“Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.”

Source : Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”
“After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.”
“Textbook survival says stay still, don't take any chances, wait for rescue. That's a boring TV show. My thing was always, "Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!"”
“Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word...”
“My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“To regard the successful experiences which ensue from a belief as a criterion of its truth is one thing--and a thing that is sometimes bad and sometimes good--but to assume that truth itself consists in the process by which it is verified is a different thing and always bad.”

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