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No human being should be reduced to a function. The day we do that—it’s the beginning of the end.”
The only thing more powerful than a wish is a purpose.
You don’t get to choose why people love you. But what you do with the love you receive . . . that’s a choice you make every day.”
the more I learn, the more I think the only decent way to use power is to share it with others.
Guilt is self-centered, and leads only to destructive obsession. But conviction brings balance—a sense of purpose beyond oneself.
“Do not ask how many people you will save,” I murmured: “Ask, to what world will you save them? What makes a world worth surviving in?”
Why did the health of the empire, the lives of millions, have to depend on a tiny subset of wealthy people being kind?
protecting someone else isn’t a purpose,
Zuri had died because it was easier to be legendary than human.
Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it doesn’t exist yet. Even if we have to build it from scratch, brick by muddy brick.”
Not all pain was worthless. Sometimes, pain could write a story.
