Quote by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (about Power)

Quote by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (about Power)

Power is not in what you possess, but in how you wield it.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Inheritance Games

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It's not the bad memories that tear a person apart. It's the good ones.

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The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.

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Missing Someone

Everything's a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.

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Most people built walls to protect themselves. Dean did it to protect everyone else.

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Sometimes all a girl really needed was a very bad idea.

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"Little Sisters' Survival Guide, rule number thirty-seven," Skylar said.
"Scream before they hit you."

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There wasn't an in-between for me. I lived at extremes. And maybe I'd die at them too.

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The world is the board, Heiress. We just have to keep rolling the dice.

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I don't believe in destiny or fate - I believe in choice.
Love wasn't just a choice - it was dozens, hundreds, thousands of choices.
Every day was a choice.

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In the tapestry of life, our inheritance is the thread that we weave into the fabric of history.

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Hierarchy was like breathing: the only time you thought about it was when something went wrong.

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Every choice we make shapes the legacy we pass on to the next generation.

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Beneath the guise of loyalty, betrayal can lie dormant, waiting for the right moment.

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Loyalty Treason

"Why do I have to tell a story?" I asked.
"Because if you don't tell the story, someone else will tell it for you."

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Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

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Friendship Blood

In the realm of secrets, answers are the most precious treasure.

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Secrets are the bricks that build the walls of mystery.

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I was outnumbered, unarmed, weak, and screwed. In that order.

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When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.

Will Rogers

1

Here in Oklahoma, there's not a whole lot to do. So, a lot of your focus and attention is on basketball, which is a blessing in disguise. And this is where I wanted to end up, so I'm very happy I'm here.

Josh Giddey - February 2022

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Thunder

Sheldon: "Texas, Oklahoma... what's the difference?"
Meemaw: "Hey, now, I think you might want to crack open your psychology textbook 'cause that there is crazy talk."

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Do you know why Oklahoma's state slogan is "Oklahoma is OK"?
Because they can't spell "mediocre".

"Why did Oklahoma raise the minimum drinking age to 25?"
"They wanted to keep alcohol out of the high schools!"

Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.

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"If I were choosing between you and any one of them," he'd told me, "I would choose them, always and every time."
But he hadn't.

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Better the devil you do know than the devil you don't.

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As awful as it sounds, money is power, and power is magnetic.

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Power was as much a fact of life for this guy as gravity. The world bent to the will of Grayson Hawthorne. What money couldn't buy him, those eyes probably did.

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Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

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Power Responsibility Strength

Some people said that broken bones grew back stronger. On the good days, I told myself that was true, that each time the world tried to break me, I became a little less breakable.

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"You have no right to tell me-"
"You do not want to finish that sentence, missy. You want to sit down, close your mouth, and eat."
"How am I supposed to eat with my mouth closed?"

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After all, you still need time to just sit there and take a look around.

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It's real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.

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What other people think of you is none of your business.

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Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

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The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.

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Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

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The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

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Falling in love

She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.

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Beauty Love declerations

Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.

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Hope Breakup Grief & Condolence

The dead are dead, and talking won't bring them back to life.

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That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.

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