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"Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?" -Royce Westmoreland"
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"The goddess smiled. "You are a good hero, Percy Jackson. Not too proud. I like that. But you have much to learn. When Dionysus was made a god, I gave up my throne for him. It was the only way to avoid a civil war among the gods." "It unbalanced the Council," I remembered. "Suddenly there were seven guys and five girls." Hestia shrugged. "It was the best solution, not a perfect one. Now I tend the fire. I fade slowly into the background. No one will ever write epic poems about the deeds of Hestia. Most demigods don't even stop to talk to me. But that is no matter. I keep the peace. I yield when necessary. Can you do this?"
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"What if the wolves come?" - Lommy Greenhands "Yield." - Arya Stark"
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For nothing [...] is more heavenly than to resist and to yield; to yield and to resist.
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Virginia Woolf |
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True wisdom is marked by willingness to listen and a sense of knowing when to yield.
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