Planeta Minotauro

Claim the stars, Spensa

if you were going to pick a fight, you should fight to win—and I had to respect that.

‘You can’t win if you don’t play,’ ”

Their heads are heads of rock, their hearts set upon rock. Set your sights on something higher . . .

. A leader needs to pull people after him, not push them before him.

Brave to the end

Yes you do. You have too much of it. Conflicting programs, none of it interfacing properly, all calling different functions at the same time—or the same function for contradictory reasons. Yet you ignore it sometimes. That is not a flaw. It is what makes you you.”

And sometimes, the coward makes fools of wiser men

Bravery isn’t about what people call you, Spensa. It’s about who you know yourself to be.

When heritage becomes a box instead of an inspiration, it has gone too far