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"The fear of silence is a fear everyone should overcome."

"Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome."

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

"Olive was way beyond hearing anything, but her chin was set and she was determined to help the pilot so that he would not be too afraid before they hit the earth. She smiled and nodded again. At the end of each stunt he looked back, and each time she encouraged him. Afterward he said over and over, "She's the goddamest woman I ever saw. I tore up the rule book and she wanted more. Good Christ, what a pilot she would have made!"

"The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
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"It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all."


"The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion."


"If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!"


"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."
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