#avery

Moja maštovitost zakazala je zbog nedostatka hrabrosti. ↗

— Jasna Horvat

#imagination #imagination

Ninety-six per cent of juvenile prostitutes are fugitives from abusive domestic situations; 66 per cent began working before they turned 16. (Prostitution is their only perceived means of survival.) Millions of children work as prostitutes around the world. A third are male. One study revealed that over 50 per cent of prostitutes are the children of alcoholics or substance abusers, and 90 per cent are deflowered through incest or rape. Ninety-one per cent of prostitutes do not speak of the abuse. (The truth of life is told through the language of behavior.) Abused children suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, guilt, self-destructive impulses, suspicion, fear. Seventy-five per cent of prostitutes attempt suicide. (Imagine their scrapbook of memories.) ↗

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

#children-of-alcoholics #fear #guilt #incest #juvenile-prostitutes

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#inspirational #inspirational

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#love #love

No importa si no te entienden, lo que importa es que tengas el valor de decirlo. ↗

— Jackson Pearce

#inspirational #talk #understanding #inspirational

Bravery is not an act of intelligence; it is just selfishness and stupidity. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#intelligence #selfishness #stupidity #intelligence

If it’s dangerous, then you go first. If it’s pleasurable, then I’ll be brave and lead the charge.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bravery #danger #dangerous #leadership #pleasurable

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#born #into #kidnapped #like #slavery

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. ↗

— George Eliot

#neighbors #life

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#kneel #redwall #life