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1 " ...at the cost of sufficient effort, sometimes heroic, inhuman effort, things could get better over time. "
― F.C. Yee , The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)
2 " Man guesses, spirits act. "
3 " Honor cannot be coveted too dearly, young lady. Sometimes it must be laid down for the good of others. "
4 " If honor was the reason quoted for bloodshed, conflict could be avoided by stripping it away entirely. "
5 " You either accept the risk of winning, or the guarantee of losing. "
6 " You must give up your desire for someone to tell you your choices were correct in the end. "
7 " If one path of a fork promised you oblivion, it didn't really matter what the other path held in store. "
8 " Water was calmness and tranquility, but it was the rage of a storm as well. "
9 " My friend is not a diplomat. She is the failure of diplomacy. She is the breakdown of negotiations. There is no escalation of hostilities beyond her. "
10 " Fortune was an invisible, unconquerable creature that ruled commonfolk and noble alike. "
11 " Weakness is practiced and learned as much as strength is! "
12 " People shouldn't have everything they want. No one is entitled to their every desire. To live in balance, we must willingly decide not to take all that we can from the world, and from others. "
13 " You can have your past, or you can have your future. Not both. "
14 " Enemies are enemies, but no one can shame you like your own family. "
15 " She had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world. "
16 " No fire is ever the same fire. No Avatar is ever the same person. You and the flame change with every moment, every generation. You are one flame, and you are many. "
17 " I believe I have to make peace with my own choices, just like everyone else. "
18 " Certain people... they turn you into what you were before. "
19 " This is what you must forgo, Kyoshi, the easy answers. You must give up your desire for someone to tell you your choices were correct in the end. "
20 " She wouldn’t allow herself to become a human scar, a compendium of personal loss. She had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world. "
