"Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down."

Courage, Strength, Test, Resilience, Determination

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"Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down."

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"Sometimes, despite how your heart feels, you have to do what you must in order to get the result you need. When it's impossible to walk away then you need to make it hurt and they will walk away for you."

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"What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of three things happens: he hurts you and gets arrested, or he makes a mistake and gets arrested, or you stop him."

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"Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it."

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"Some say "fear even helps like; The flight or over love reaction but to me it is your loving heart to prove to prove it worthy."

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"I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

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"If we stop helping people because we're afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I'll stop them."

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"If you weren't built for this life, you'd be dead by now. i think the problem is people don't share enough of their pain with the world, so they never know who else is in pain, too, and what others are going through. we're never really alone in anything."

Support

"Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them."

Devotion

"I will help build your museum. When you run out of space to hang your work. You can hang your work in mine."

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"I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all."

Isolation

"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."

Creation

"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."

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"There are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them."

Critique

"Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all."

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"They sit there shouting "Don't do it." Someone told them revolution looked like the Cosby Show. A slight tug with a good lesson. Revolution is a tough struggle between what was and what needs to be."

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"The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil."

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