#avery

Why me?" I blurted out, and then closed my eyes briefly. "Okay. Don't answer that." The food arrived just then一thank God一and the conversation was deterred...for about two minutes. "I'm going to answer that question," Cam said, peering at me through his lashes. I wanted to face-plant my stuffed chicken. "You don't have to." "No, I think I do. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#cam #funny #j-lynn #jennifer-l-armentrout #wait-for-you

I musn't run away. ↗

— Hideaki Anno

#depression #fear #instrumentality #life #shinji-ikari

Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and imagination. ↗

— Geraldine Brooks

#fear #imagination

No importa si no te entienden, lo que importa es que tengas el valor de decirlo. ↗

— Jackson Pearce

#inspirational #talk #understanding #inspirational

Bravery is not an act of intelligence; it is just selfishness and stupidity. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#intelligence #selfishness #stupidity #intelligence

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. ↗

— George Eliot

#neighbors #life

So did you really mean all that stuff you said when I was a dead man?" "Every word." "Could you say it again?" he asks. "My memory's a little fuzzy." "Which part?" The part where I said I wanted to stay with you forever?" "Yeah," he murmurs, his face close to mine, his breath hot on my cheek. "When I said that I love you?" He pulls back a little, searches my eyes with his. "Yes. Say it." "I love you." He takes a deep, happy breath. "I love you," he says back. "I love you, Clara." Then his gaze drops to my lips again, and he leans in, and the rest of the world simply goes away. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#love #tucker-avery #love

But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#slavery #motivational

My goal is not to frighten you. My goal is to make you fight your fears. ↗

— Moffat Machingura

#courage #fear #fears #fight #fight-your-fears

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. ↗

— Cliff Gladwin

#clutch #cometh #courage #inspirational #inspire