There's no way to know what's going to happen, Folly. But we'll blood well be on our feet when it does.

A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family. And they were my heroes.

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

Courage is found in unlikely places.