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don’t punish a man for failure unless he is disobedient.
She knew the effects of fear. Knew how it impaired a person’s judgment—and yet she could not prevent it from unfurling inside her. But she had also been taught that fear would pass. Action would help dispel it.
Water always makes its own path. Sometimes it stays in the known riverbanks. Sometimes it runs amok and carves new ground. Water is always changing.
There is no pain as awful as that of suspense. It was a lesson from one of the masters of the school. He had once said that a victim could die believing they’d been poisoned even if they’d been given nothing but an innocuous powder. The belief that it was fatal could make it so. A person’s mind was a powerful tool that could be used against them.
His wealth puts him in a position to gain the best counsel.
Sometimes we fear the worst in others to keep from seeing the truth about ourselves.”
She had been trained that praise was a sweetness no one ever lost the craving for. It was best not to be too fond of it. The best way to do that was to share the credit with others.
Once you’ve sold your integrity, you cannot buy it back.”
