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The Ask and the Answer
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"The Ask and the Answer" Quotes

Todd and Viola must navigate a hostile and divided world in the thrilling sequel to "The Knife of Never Letting Go."

Quotes

Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.

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responsibilityintegrity

We are the choices we make. And have to make. We aren't our genes and we aren't our birth certificates. We're the choices we make.

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choices

The mistake that I made,' she said quietly and simply, 'was allowing myself to be seen. To be known. To be chosen without choosing in return.

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mistakevulnerability

It's not the asking that costs you, it's the telling.

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costcommunication

Real leaders know that no one can ever know everything, but they can sure as hell try.

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leadershipknowledge

You don't have to be proud of it, you just have to do it.

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dutyresponsibility

You said, 'You're not alone.' And that made all the difference.

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supportloneliness

The pain of the wound is worse when it's cleaned. It hurts more to be healed.

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painhealing

We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

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self-deceptionsanity

Sometimes the truth don't set you free, and it's okay.

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truthfreedom