"There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no on ewould save him from it. Peter might be scum, but Peter had been right, always right; the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Pain Quotes #Forever Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.”

Source : Commencement Address at Middlebury College, May 23, 2004.
“Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”

Source : Marie Lu (2014). “The Young Elites”, p.56, Penguin
“I was once told by someone wise that writing is perilous as you cannot always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.”
“Guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family - the biblical definition of the family unit.”

Source : "Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A President, On Anti-Gay Stance: ‘Guilty As Charged’". www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2012.
“And while you and the rest of your kind are battling together-year after year-for this special privilege of being 'bored to death,' the 'real girl' that you're asking about, the marvelous girl, the girl with the big, beautiful, unspoken thoughts in her head, the girl with the big, brave, undone deeds in her heart, the girl that stories are made of, the girl whom you call 'improbable'-is moping off alone in some dark, cold corner-or sitting forlornly partnerless against the bleak wall of the ballroom-or hiding shyly up in the dressing-room-waiting to be discovered!”

Source : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “Little Eve Edgarton”, p.9, The Floating Press
“A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.”
“One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands or threats.”
“Little kids shoot marbles where the branches break the sun into graceful shafts of lightâ€¦ I just want to be pure.”

Source : Jim Carroll (1978). “The Basketball Diaries: Age 12-15”

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