"We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't."

Courage, Fear, Mortality, Bravery

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"We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't."

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"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

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"When you break rules, break 'em good and hard."

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"A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship."

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"A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being."

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"We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder."

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