#avery

​Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#courage #men #sexism #women #courage

I’d go to hell and back and cut off the devil’s head myself to save you. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#corcitura #courage #determination #fighting-spirit #love

There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer. ↗

— Alistair Maclean

#courage #courage

He looked up at the reddening sky and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "You put me to shame, Seraphina. Your bravery always has." "It's not bravery; it's bullheaded bumbling." He shook his head, staring off into the middle distance. "I know courage when I see it, and when I lack it. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#bumbling #courage #courage

I know what evil looks like under the surface. No matter how beautiful the exterior, how good the lies, I don’t fool myself, not any more. You carry a terrible burden that no one – not even me – can really understand. But that doesn’t change who you are, Frost. You’re a good person. And I love you.” “I wish…” My voice cracked. “I wish I could believe in that.” Luca brushed the dishevelled strands of hair away from my face again and looked into my eyes. “It doesn’t matter. I’ll keep saying it until you do. ↗

— Zoë Marriott

#hope #inspiration #love #lovers #romance-love

You might just be the craziest person I've ever know, but you're also the bravest. - Marcus ↗

— J. Scott Savage

#bravery #courage #courageous #crazy #crazy-people

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#courage #fear #courage

Without fear there cannot be courage. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#courage #fear #inspirational #courage

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason. ↗

— Andrew Solomon

#bravery #courage #depression #eating #exercise

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#courage #courage