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Quotes About Courage

Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.
~ Holly Black
There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from a ride With the Lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger.
~ Holly Black
I am not weak, he wanted to shout, but he wasn't sure he could say that aloud, either
~ Holly Black
Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.
~ Holly Black
I step out of my second life the same way I stepped out of my first, holding too few things and with great uncertainty about what will happen next.
~ Holly Black
Not a heart of stone, but a heart of fire.
~ Holly Black
It was enough to make her want to sit down on the ground and cry. It was too much. But there was no one else, so it couldn't be too much. It had to be exactly enough. It had to be what she could handle, and she had to handle it
~ Holly Black
I have heard for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very much like the feeling of fear
~ Holly Black
It takes bravery to be an adventurer," Odette said, lifting her drink and walking away. "And what better adventure than the discovery of our true selves?
~ Holly Black
Your family is badass," Sam says. "They set a high bar of badassery.
~ Holly Black
Instead of being afraid, I will become something to fear.
~ Holly Black
It's the thrill of leaping without being able to see the ground below you, right before you realise that's called falling.
~ Holly Black
We have lived in our armor for so long, you and I. And now I am not sure if either of us knows how to remove it.
~ Holly Black
They taught you a lot of things, your family,' I say. The sleight of hand, the wall climbing, the swordsmanship. 'Not to die,' he says. 'That's what they attempted to teach me, anyway. Not to die.' Considering how often he throws himself directly into the path of danger, I do not think they taught him well enough.
~ Holly Black
I don't want anyone normal. I don't want anyone safe. I want you. I have loved you from almost the first moment I saw you, wild and fierce and brave...
~ Holly Black
Fight your fight," she tells me. "Let someone else worry about theirs.
~ Holly Black
I thought I was supposed to be good and follow the rules," I say. "But I am done with being weak. I am done with being good. I think I am goinng to be something else.
~ Holly Black
Perhaps I am foolish, but I am not a fool.
~ Holly Black
And to coddle your ego, I have made myself less. I have made myself small, I have kept my head down. But it wasn't enough to make you leave Taryn and me alone, so I'm not going to do that anymore. "I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance.
~ Holly Black
Believe what you can handle believing
~ Holly Black
Dolerá. El dolor te hace fuerte.
~ Holly Black
How do people like us take off our armor? One piece at a time.
~ Holly Black
I'm not afraid," Zacharov says, still looking at Anton. "It takes guts to kill a man with your hands. You don't have the balls.
~ Holly Black
If I fall, you must promise not to laugh. I may still be a little bit poisoned.' ... I wonder exactly how much a little bit means. 'Maybe I should be the one to go first.' 'Nonsense,' he says. 'If you weren't behind me, then who would break my fall?
~ Holly Black