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Category: Rae Carson

Sometimes it’s best to let your opponent think he has control.

control, enemies, opponents

Men. And their no-good, fool-headed proposals.

I loved and lost and survived.

grief, loss, love, survival, survivor

You look beautiful,” Alodia says. I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. “I’m beautiful to the one person who matters.”She nods. “Hector’s mouth is going to drop open when he sees you.”“I hope so. But I meant me. I’m beautiful to me.

acceptance, beauty, body-image, body-positivity, loving-yourself

There’s not a place in the whole world where everyone isn’t willing–no, eager–to give a girl up to a man.

inequality, men, sexism, women

Men can be relentless,” she agrees, “when they think a woman belongs to them.

inequality, manipulation, men, sexism, women

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

forgiveness, killing, peace, war

Every place there’s people, there’s badness.

bad, good, people

One thing I have learned from many years of watching my father is that some people, the best ones, are motivated more by the chance to prove themselves than by a command to serve. It is the work itself that calls them onward, especially if they believe they are the only ones who can do it.

chance, drive, motivational, prove-yourself, work

It’s the easiest thing in the world to get to California-you just aim yourself west and start walking.

california, gold, rae-carson, seer, walk-on-earth-a-stranger, west, western, western-romance, world

Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.

death, honor, quotes-to-live-by

I won’t lie to you. There is always a cost. All I can gurantee is that it will be the right thing.””It’s insane,” he says, but without vehemence.”It’s faith,” I say.