

Taking care of yourself is one of the best ways to take care of others. Plus, if you keep giving away pieces of yourself until you feel like an empty shell, consider that people don't want you half alive. If you’re not resting, you’re not healing. And it’s nearly impossible to be well - mentally, emotionally, physically - if you aren’t sleeping well. It's how your systems can repair and rebuild themselves. You need to sleep to regenerate everything your body breaks down during the day. Like I write in my newest book, Sleep Rituals, “the quality of your life depends on making sleep a priority.” It probably means being nicer to yourself. Rest for you could look like moving slower as you clean the house or being mindful while you make a meal.

Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.” “I have never known what to tell anybody.

“‘There’s a difference between bravery and rash stupidity.’” “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.” “Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

Bring out your bravery with these fearless quotes from YA literature! Facing your fears is easier when you witness the courageous actions and words of others.
