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September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might

September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. – Geraldine Brooks

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Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. – Geraldine Brooks

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The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure. – Geraldine Brooks

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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. – Geraldine Brooks

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The weak in courage is strong in cunning. – William Blake

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It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. Its harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is. – Judith Rossner

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Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide. – Andrew Johnson

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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. – Ovid

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