Quests always have their ups and downs,' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way to the bottom.
Nancy Farmer
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [..]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.
inspirational hope
But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
joy
No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.
human humanity lies inferiority
I am she who lifts the mountainsWhen she goes to hunt, Who wears mamba for a headbandAnd a lion for a belt. Beware!I swallow elephants wholeAnd pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns,I drink up rivers to get at the hippos. Let them hear my words!Nhamo is comingAnd her hunger is great.I am she who tosses treesInstead of spears. The ostrich is my pillowAnd the elephant is my footstool!I am NhamoWho makes the river my highwayAnd sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds!
poetry jungle
After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?
pain suffering awareness
courage strength-through-adversity
Look around you.. Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.
nature observation
Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.
power
I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
lying
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