Beth

“as ordinary as we might be, we can, if we choose, take the harder road, walk forth bravely under the indifferent stars. We can hazard the ravages of chance. We can choose to endure what seems unendurable, and thereby open up the possibility of prevailing. We can awaken to the world as it is, and, seeing it with eyes wide open, we can nevertheless embrace hope rather than despair. When all is said and done, I think the story tells us that hope is the hero’s domain, not the fool’s.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

“When, out of fear, we avoid conflict and appease people, we are false peacemakers. For”
― Peter Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature

“The point wasn’t to escape the bad. She was so very grateful her mother had taught her this long ago. But to survive the bad and to see the best, one always had to find the joy in simply being alive. There was a terrible beauty to this life if one could but see it,”
― Eva Devon, The Earl's Absolutely Merry Match

“she recalls the final conversation she had with Greg on the beach that afternoon at Cape Canaveral: But if something happens, just be happy. At first, she was angry about the way he died. “But anger isn’t constructive,” she said recently. “People make mistakes. And other people pay for it sometimes.”
― Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space