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Quotes About Courage

Preventative measures are the bane of spontaneous action," he said. "I prefer the glory of heroism amidst panic.
~ Neal Shusterman
I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. Roland would have never touched me like that. Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No- the soul of a man.
~ Neal Shusterman
Why are you still with me, Fry? CyFi asks after one of his body-shaking seizures. Any sane dude woulda taken off days ago. Who says I'm sane? Oh, you're sane, Fry. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.
~ Neal Shusterman
Please give me a single reason why I shouldn't hurl myself beneath the wheels of that bus.
~ Neal Shusterman
You are only one boy, with one voice...If you keep trying to be a choir, you'll lose that voice, and then who will hear you?
~ Neal Shusterman
Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to swallow you whole, force you through my bowels, then out my other end. Avalon scowled at him. You can't do that. Try me, Jix said. Avalon backed off, then angrily stormed away, and Jix winked at Jill. One in five.
~ Neal Shusterman
He was afraid, but fear meant he was still alive.
~ Neal Shusterman
Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment to look down at the shark on his wrist. It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No - the soul of a man.
~ Neal Shusterman
I'm leaping off a cliff only to discover I can fly... and then realizing there's nowhere to land. Ever. That's what's going on.
~ Neal Shusterman
This game could last for days if I keep going unconscious. Or it could be over very quickly. Lev takes a deep breath and tries not to show any more fear than he has to. Sounds exciting. I'm in.
~ Neal Shusterman
Hope is a terrible thing to lose.
~ Neal Shusterman
I don't think God have us this anymore than he gives little kids cancer or makes poor people lottery winners.... if anything, he gives us courage to deal.
~ Neal Shusterman
There's no telling how far down it goes," the captain says, the left side of his mustache twitching like the tail of a rat. "Fall into that unknowable abyss, and you'll be counting the days before you reach bottom.
~ Neal Shusterman
Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator
~ Neal Shusterman
I ain't no runaway, I'm a run-to.
~ Neal Shusterman
There are worse things than being robbed... I could smell the sick old-meat stench on his breath, like he really had eaten my grandmother. ...worse things than dyin' even. You be a good boy, Little Red, and maybe you'll get to live awhile. Maybe you'll get to die in your own natural time.
~ Neal Shusterman
There is nothing to fear but fear itself, the captain announces from the helm, and the occasional man-eating monster.
~ Neal Shusterman
Truth can only be served from a scalding kettle; whether you blister or make tea is up to you.
~ Neal Shusterman
If you're so immature that you're afraid of being labeled by morons, then check out and we'll find another artist.
~ Neal Shusterman
La esperanza bajo la sombra del miedo es el incentivo más poderoso.
~ Neal Shusterman
It began the night we died on the Kamikaze.
~ Neal Shusterman
Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator. Citra
~ Neal Shusterman
I ask for guidance. And for courage. And I beg - oh, how I beg - that I never become so desensitized to the death... that it feels normal. Commonplace.
~ Neal Shusterman
Scythe Goddard decided it was a day for samurai swords, although Chomsky refused to part with his flamethrower.
~ Neal Shusterman