Vivien thought how ugly adults could be, how weak. So used to getting what they wanted that they didn't know the first thing about being brave.

Kate Morton
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  1. Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword - Oscar Wilde

  2. No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens. - Veronica Roth

  3. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. - Oprah Winfrey

  4. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. - Mary Tyler Moore

  5. When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same? - Anthony Doerr

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  2. Hope, how she had grown to hate the word. It was an insideious seed planted inside a person's soul, surviving covertly on little tending, then flowering so spectacularly that none could help but cherish it.

  3. Because desperate people cling to hope like sailors to their wreaks.

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