177 Quotes by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Life doesn’t give us what we want. It gives us what we need and asks what we will do with it.

Never believe the best of what anyone says about a person, nor the worst.

And if doing what’s right makes someone angry with me, then may I cause rage and fury wherever I go.

This early morning light had not ended the long, dark night. No. For us, the dark night had only begun.

I can’t do that,” I said. “Who’ll make sure Tobias gets back safely? He can hardly cross a road without endangering himself.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. – Heinrich Heine, German poet.

Our family was like a house of cards in a stiff wind. And when it became too much to feel the pain of our collapse, all I could do was become angry.

Nobody gives you respect in this life. You must take it, you must earn it, and then you must hold it sacred, because no matter how hard respect is to attain, it can be lost in an instant.” I nodded my head toward the garrison. “Go get it, Roden. People won’t follow a leader who doesn’t know where he’s going. Show them what you do.

I realized that I couldn’t expect them to think better of me that I thought of myself. So if I believed I was too young or stupid or inexperienced to be a captain, then that’s all I would ever be.