"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road." —Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people." —Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." —Winston Churchill, Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
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Whistling and thunderous lightning outside and the heavy rain filled Samara's house from nothingness to pure trepidation.
