holding back Quotes

“Why rate him? He knows the poles better than I do.”

“Stop and take your time to notice things and make those things you notice matter.”

“His words hit me in the gut and my head spins. He’s right. I’ve been choosing alone because it’s safe and easy. It doesn’t mean that I’m stronger or smarter than everyone else. Just that I’m... scared. I’m letting all of the hurt I’ve had over the last few years keep me from moving forward.”

″‘Riches are not keeping you from the kingdom,’ he said. ‘You must give up your hate.‘”

″...You’re afraid of being a one-hit wonder. You’re afraid of being a no-hit wonder.... Listen, I don’t have all day here, so I’m not going to keep listing fears. It’s a bottomless list, anyhow, and a depressing one. I’ll just wrap up my summary this way: SCARY, SCARY, SCARY.

“The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.”

“I had already begun to sense that my feelings varied too far from those of the people around me for me to blab about what I felt.”

“I don’t get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.”

″‘Whenever you start doubting yourself,’ she said, turning back to the audience, ‘whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change—and change is what we’re chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back. No more subscribing to others’ opinions of what you can and cannot achieve.‘”

“Delphine held herself back from running to the window, because after all she was the captain, and she must not show that she was frightened.”