There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

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"Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths."

- George R.R. Martin

Compassion

"Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you."

- George R.R. Martin

Self-awareness

"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf."

- George R.R. Martin

Self-awareness

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

- George R.R. Martin

Personal Growth

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one."

- George R.R. Martin

Personal Growth

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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