“I know why this place creeps me out," Neela suddenly said. "There aren't any children here." "Of course there aren't," Josephine said. "Rorrim Drol hates children." "Why?" Neela asked. "Because they're strong and fearless. Their little backbones are made of steel. It takes years for them to soften. Fear only sets in as one grows up, you see.”
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“The day we overcome our fear and stand united, we can do something unimaginably beautiful”
“Fear is the greatest enemy of genuinity”
“If we knew what we do not know, then we most probably would not fear it.”