“I nodded, pretending to be a hundred times more courageous than I felt.But that was the thing about courage. Sometimes you had to fake it to feel it.”

“We all have freedom of choice. Over and over again, minute by minute. How will you live your life? For yourself Or for others? For something good? For love?”

“Fantasizing about an Italian hottie was far better than my normal dreams.”

“Don't you agree? Swordplay is a dance of sorts, an understanding of the logical, most sophisticated next step. Except that in a fight, one must take the unexpected step. In dance it is all about ta...”

“The devil's happy when the critics run you off.”

“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.”

“I would say that Op 31 had brought music just to the very edge I just simply drew back and said, beyond that lies complete chaos.”

“If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?”

“If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I w...”

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

“When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.”

“It's better to move on now and feel a pinch, than hold on and later treat a wound”

“For those who challenge the great dangers fearlessly, let us remind this realistic probability: Fear can save your life and courage may kill you; thus sometimes fear is a reasonable path to continu...”