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1 " But then I realize that even if I did have a soul, it’s not as though someone else would be there. It would only be more of me. "
― Ally Condie , Atlantia
2 " The only chance of success is to trust in your own power. "
3 " Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say. "
4 " You always have something left to lose. Until, of course, you die. "
5 " I have tried to be righteous all my life. Yet I have never been content. "
6 " People can be miracles. "
7 " Everyone dies. The don't all have the chance to see what they wanted most. At least I've seen the Above. At least I've known True. "
8 " So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant "
9 " We are not lost mermaids with seaweed hair and coins for eyes, but human girls, alive and found.We are sisters, and we did not drown. "
10 " Under star-dark seas and skies of goldLive those Above and those BelowThey sing and weep, both high and deepWhile over and under the ocean rolls "
11 " What are the gifts given to we who live Below?""Long life, health, strength, and happiness.""What is the curse of those who live Above?""Short life, illness, weakness, and misery.""Is this fair?""It is fair. It is as the gods decreed at the time of the Divide. Some have to stay Above so that humanity might survive Below.""Then give thanks. "
12 " I am protected, shaped and built by what is outside, what they made of me, but also by what is inside, what I made of myself. "
13 " There are some things you only tell a sister. And some things you only ask of a sister. "
14 " So much of life is in the smallness of life. So much of life is in the smallness of moments. But they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant. "
15 " You wouldn't believe how fast people can forget about someone. "
16 " You can't let love make you afraid. "
17 " You always have more to lose, until you die. "
18 " I can't help being happy. I'm alive. "
19 " People love a spectacle, an event. Give them something to watch and you will make them happy. “So much of life is in the smallness of moments,” my mother said. “But they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant. "
20 " Die Welle der Hoffnung, die ich im Tempel spürte, ist an der Küste der Erschöpfung und des Verlusts gebrochen. "