Joyce Chu

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

“If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“Relax. They're not going to kill us. They're going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing.”
― Steve Voake, The Dreamwalker's Child