S h a n t e l l

“If you don't learn how to be scared, you'll never really learn how to be brave.”
― Simon Holt, The Devouring

“It is not what we know that scares us, it is what we do not”
― A.G. Phillips

“TIME: Today Is My Everything”
― Richie Norton

“Don't be scared," Willa Mae said.
I looked at her. "Aren't you scared?"
Willa Mae looked at me and said, "Shoot. Only thing I'm afraid of is that I'm going to do something I'll regret."
"Being scared is just one more thing to turn into what you want it to be," Willa Mae said. "The thing with fear is, it's like anger. You've got to change it into something else. Make it your weapon. Some can just turn it into smarts. The best of 'em can turn fear and anger into love." She looked out toward our neighborhood. "I'm not there yet.”
― Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light