Before there was a proper understanding and a sense of God's presence, the idea that everything would one day end was utterly desolating.

A life without a cause is a life without effect.

Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.

All battles have some use, including those in which we were defeated.

And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.

If you live your life fully, you will die only once. But if you are scared, fear will kill you day after day

What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and because of their scars.