Friday, November 16, 2012

Cowardice

The Book Thief by Zusak

p. 115

"is there cowardice in the acknowledgement of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?"

Blindfold and Alone by Corns and Hughes-Wilson

p. 48

"Fear, panic, terror- all go into the equation of 'cowardice'. It is perhaps the outcome that is the true arbiter of cowardice, such as refusing to obey the order to attack, or running away in fear. Cowardice is in fact the individual's reaction to his (very natural) fear, not the fear itself, despite its only too obvious manifestation. Fear is not cowardice."

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