"We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't."

Courage, Fear, Mortality, Bravery

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"We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't."

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"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

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"I have danced too deeply in my shadows, to ever fear the walk of my sunshine."

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"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."

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"Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."

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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

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"This is what the Others have done to us. You can't band together to fight without trust. And without trust, there was no hope. How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity."

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"It kills me. The way he trusted. LIke the way we trusted before they came and blue the whole goddamned world apart. Trusted that when it got dark there would be light. Trusted that when you wanted a fucking strawberry Frappuccino you could plop your ass in the car, drive down the streed, and get yourself a fucking strawberry Frappuccino!"

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"We're here, and then we're gone, and it's not about the time we're here, but what we do with the time."

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"For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question."

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"If you don't kill all of us all at once, those who remain will not be the weak.It's the strong who remain, the bent but unbroken, like the iron rods that used to give this concrete its strength."

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