Amanda

“Do you believe there's hope at the end?' I ask.
'No,' she says simply, looking away. 'No, I don't, but I'm still going.' She eyes me. 'You coming with?”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“She did not plan; she merely let herself go, and the overwhelming life in her did the rest.”
― F Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night

“But that’s what bravery is, my dear. The overcoming of fear. If you’re not afraid, it doesn’t count.”
― Philip Reeve, Infernal Devices

“The sun was out for once, and Inej had turned her face to it. Her eyes were shut, her oil-black lashes fanned over her cheeks. The harbor wind had lifted her dark hair, and for a moment Kaz was a boy again, sure that there was magic in this world.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows