Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.
Emma Donoghue, Room.
“People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.”
“Everybody's damaged by something.”
“If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.”
“People move around so much in the world, things get lost.”
“In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time. Even Grandma often says that, but she and Steppa don't have jobs, so I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and al...”
“Stories are a different kind of true.”
“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.”
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
“Fear is all in the mind”