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Quotes About Courage

Well!" said Charlotte, and she meant to say something more, something clever, something brave, but she simply had not been prepared to stare down an army of frogs today.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
First Law of Heroics." The Monaciello grinned up at a confused September. "Someone has to tell you it's impossible, or the Quest can't go on.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
everything in the world is a boxing match in your heart, between Boldness and Not-Boldness. You let them holler inside you and wallop each other with Arguments For and Against. Then you end by betting on one or the other and that's how things get decided." He thought about it for a moment. "If you're my father you bet
~ Catherynne M. Valente
My mistress used to say that you couldn't ever really be naked unless you wanted to be. She said: even if you've taken off every stitch of clothing, you still have your secrets, your history, your true name. It's quite difficult to be really naked. You have to work hard at it.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
First Law of Heroics." The Monaciello grinned up at a confused September. "Someone has to tell you it's impossible, or the Quest can't go on. Your friend has volunteered herself as a Non-Euclidean Companion, which is also necessary to proceed to the next stage.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
September had no natural defense against lost things, being one herself. She could not quite have put it into words, but she felt profoundly, at the bottom of her new, shining heart, that she could find lost things. She could make them un-lost if she were brave enough. After all, if enough lost things band together, even in the darkest depths, they aren't really lost at all anymore.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
His fear made her stronger; she could be brave for both of them.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
I was born a girl in a world of Branwells, but I shall be more than I am meant.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
how we met." Roary pulled a cooked apple out of her—apparently cavernous—pocket. She munched on it. "You guys saved us from the witch. It was awesome." Jess shuddered, getting into the spirit of her story. "The swamp was huge and soggy and mucky and full of snakes and birds and the moon and quiet. But there's not much good building material in swamps. Not like orchards or mountains. Not for what I like to make, anyway.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
We like the wrong sort of girls", they wrote. "They are usually the ones worth writing about.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
When I grew a little older, and had suitors, I demanded from them rings from the bottom of the sea, or a sword from the depths of the desert, or a golden bough and a thick golden fleece, too, before I allowed even one kiss.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Surely you didn't think deathless meant dickless.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
All hands drowned, except the Red Hound of Mykenos, who bit the sea until it spit him back. Old
~ Catherynne M. Valente
még ha le is vetsz minden egyes ruhadarabot, rajtad maradnak a titkaid, a történeted, a valódi neved. Meglehet?sen nehéz valóban mezítelenné válni. Keményen meg kell dolgoznod érte. Megfürdeni nem jelent egyet a p?reséggel, nem igazán. Csak megmutatod a b?rödet. A rókáknak és a medvéknek is van b?rük, így aztán nem szégyellem magam, ha ?k sem.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Perhaps, if you take a long enough view, we are all stronger than our goblins.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Questing Physicks isn't like the Quiet and Queer branches. You can't do it at home in a comfortable chair—you have to be out in the thick of the business, with your tools on your belt and your heart on your sleeve!
~ Catherynne M. Valente
It is such a hard work to keep your heart hidden! And worse, bt the time you find it easy, it will be harder still to show it.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
But we had young turnips and mustard greens in our befuddled stomach that day, and these things make bravery.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
being in love can be frightening,and sometimes its easier to fight it than it is to face it.
~ Cathie Linz
Bravery is not seen in one act. It is measured by the choices and deeds that fill our everyday lives.
~ Cathryn Clinton
Running away from a problem never helps. At some point it has to be confronted and dealt with.
~ Cathy Glass
As long as a man has two hands and a strong back, he can make things happen. It's no good being fearful. Worry won't change the future a whit, and it misses the joy of this glad day.
~ Cathy Gohlke
He kneels upon the solid rock and is looking up—not down at his burden!
~ Cathy Gohlke