“Speak up, my boy. If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.”

“If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“If you want to be seen, stand up.
If you want to be heard, speak up.
If you want to be appreciated, shut up.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth”

Cornel West (1953) African-American philosopher and political/civil rights activist

“I would give up everything for you, Giulia"
I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world…”

Deanna Raybourn (1968) American writer

“You're my sister," he said finally. "My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you"- he laughed soundlessly and without any humor- "to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

“Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.”

Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie

“A manwhat he has passion about,” Breeze said. “I’ve found that if you give up what you want most for what youyou should want more, you’ll just end up miserable.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

“Truth is the light
So you never give up the fight.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician