“Everything is defeated before love.”
“defeat the defeat before the defeat defeats you”
“That was the strength of Ellysetta's weave. Bright, unyielding,indefatigable love. Love that did not know surrender. Love that did not understand limitations or even basic self-preservation. Love that would batter itself to death before giving in to defeat.”
“Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”
“A player who admits defeat before the game is no player”
“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.”