Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2)

by F.C. Yee

“Oh, so then I suppose you fell neck-first into a sharp object by accident?” Rangi said. A deep scowl crossed her features. “Don’t think I haven’t noticed your new scars. It’s like you’re ruining my favorite parts on purpose.”

“What we do without guidance defines who we are!”

“Weakness is practiced and learned as much as strength is!

Certain people . . . they turn you into who you were before.

“You can have your past, or you can have your future. Not both.

She couldn’t simply fail along one path like most people; she had to be torn apart by her failures in every direction.

‘You either accept the risk of winning, or the guarantee of losing.’”

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.

She was and would always be from this village. Only home could make you feel this bad.

You must give up your desire for someone to tell you your choices were correct in the end.”