“Nan always said that as long as there is life, there is hope.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.”
― A Torch Against the Night
― A Torch Against the Night
“Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“In order to succeed he must remain true to the feeling that had inspired him in the first place. It didn't matter that other people would do it in a different way; in fact this was inevitable. He would keep to the roads because, despite the odd fast car, he felt safer there. It didn't matter that he had no mobile phone. It didn't matter that he had not planned his route, or brought a road map. He had a different map, and that was the one in his mind, made up of all the people and places he had passed. He would also stick to his yachting shoes because, despite the wear and tear, they were his. He saw that when a person becomes estranged from the things they know, and is a passerby, strange things take on a new significance. And knowing this, it seemed important to allow himself to be true to the instincts that made him Harold, as opposed to anyone else.”
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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