#braver

The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himself well enough to be perfectly certain that he was not a brave man. He had long since decided that the world, Above or Below, was a place that wished to be deceived, and, to this end, he had named himself from a lie in a fairy tale, and created himself--his clothes, his manner, his carriage--as a grand joke. There was a dull pain in his wrists and his feet, and he was finding it harder and harder to breathe. There was nothing more to be gained by feigning unconsciousness, and he raised his head, as best he could, and spat a gob of scarlet blood into Mr. Vandemar's face. It was a brave thing to do, he thought. And a stupid one. Perhaps they would have let him die quietly, if he had not done that. Now, he had no doubt, they would hurt him more. And perhaps his death would come the quicker for it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#lady-door #marquis-de-carabas #neil-gaiman #neverwhere #death

Some have won a wild delight, By daring wilder sorrow; Could I gain thy love to-night, I'd hazard death to-morrow. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#daring #love #poetry #risk #death

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#courage #nobility #courage

Nearly all men have weak hearts, in one way or another. ↗

— Steven J. Carroll

#bravery #courage #determination #inspirational #justice

They’re so brave," she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#cowards #death #heroes #the-bully-and-the-beast #death

But unless we determine to take action,' said the old man querulously, as if struggling against something deeply insouciant in his nature, 'then we shall all be destroyed, we shall all die. Surely we care about that?' 'Not enough to want to get killed over it,' said Ford. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#death #humorous #death

...because I went to London on my own, and because I went to solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? and I found my mother and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#confidence #imaginative #inspirational #imagination

It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-fabulous #being-single #bravery #confidence #courage

When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ↗

— Billy Graham

#bravery #bravery

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die? ↗

— Robert Jordan

#death #fantasy-fiction #medieval #death