Quote by Geraldine Brooks
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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You cant write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. Im very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. – 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 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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Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods. – Denis Waitley

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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. – Torquato Tasso

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It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. – James A. Michener

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