“In a fight like this, unless you’re willing to lose everything to win, you lose it all by losing.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: The Expanse, Tiamat's Wrath (2019), Chapter 3 (p. 41)
“You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.”
— Jodi Picoult, book Handle With Care
Source: Handle with Care
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