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21 " It’s purple!” “Why?” “Some rubbish about it being blessed by an elf maiden with purple hair. There’s no way Patlon has ever seen an elf. Even if he had, who wants the blessings of an elf for their weapon? It would probably just make the axe giggle. "
― J.A. Andrews , The Keeper Chronicles (The Keeper Chronicles, #1-3)
22 " Kindness can’t be wasted,” Milly replied. “If it needs gratitude, it isn’t really kindness. "
23 " Were all wars started from fear? He turned the idea over in his mind. Perhaps. Fear that sank so deep that it grew up in "
24 " Heaped together, the world doesn’t look like anything worth saving. It only looks valuable when we think of it in terms of those we love. "
25 " But why write it down?” She spoke so quietly Will had to lean closer to hear her. “There’s nothing left to do.” “I buried her.” She’d been so light Will could have carried her all the way back to the Temur village. “And then I made a copy of what I’d found, describing as much of her life as I could figure out, and delivered it to the biggest gossip in the Temur clan.” Sora looked at him with raised eyebrows. “The entire clan must have known about it in a matter of days.” He paused and flipped back to the story the clan "
26 " We aren’t defined only by our darkest choices. There is much more to us than those. "
27 " Alaric rolled onto his side, turning his back on Kollman Pass. He was going to need some sleep. This journey to his death was bound to be exhausting. "
28 " Let the past inform your choices today, but don’t let it rule them. "
29 " the beauty of life is that each day, we choose again which parts of that past we will allow to shape our actions. "
30 " Lukas had always laughed at her for the question, but it seemed that anyone who studied another person as closely as new parents studied their babies was sure to learn things. "
31 " Do you have any books at the Stronghold?” “Eighty-two thousand three hundred and twenty. Or there about.” Killien’s mouth fell open and Sini’s eyes widened. “Yes, I’ll come,” she said quickly. "
32 " Limitations are a good thing. Without them, the hero has nothing to struggle against, and the story is too dull to be worth telling. "
33 " Come to the Stronghold. We have a lot of books. "
34 " You’re a nibling.” Rass giggled. “Sounds like nibble.” “It’s like a niece,” Douglon explained. “Or a nephew. "
35 " We tell stories about everything. We can’t escape them. It’s how we interact with each other, it’s how we keep the things we value close. It’s the fearful stories, the ones that strip the humanity from everyone but ourselves that cost us nothing to spread. It takes a lot of searching to find the true stories, the ones that reveal people’s humanity instead of crushing them beneath the weight of hatred. "
36 " Our pasts are complicated, what we’ve done, what has happened to us, but the beauty of life is that each day, we choose again which parts of that past we will allow to shape our actions. "
37 " My father led the Morrow with honesty and strength. He said that fear could punish and rule, but never lead. "
38 " What happened to your father’s words that fear could punish and rule, but never lead?” “You have to rule them before you can lead, Will. "
39 " Do you think I’ll ever be able to do that without help?” Will turned his horse toward the forest and grinned at her over his shoulder. “Limitations are a good thing. Without them, the hero has nothing to struggle against, and the story is too dull to be worth telling. "
40 " If you don’t want to be a Keeper today, then don’t be one. But if the only thing holding you back is choices you made in the past, well, those choices are done. Let the past inform your choices today, but don’t let it rule them. "