The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

Fear is smart until…” He headed for the door, paused as he reached for the knob. “Until what?” He looked back at her. “Until you realize you’re afraid of the wrong thing.”

“They say people who don’t heed history are doomed to repeat it.” “Who says that? I ain’t never heard it. I say folks who hang on to the past miss their chance for a future.”

Courage is fear you ignore.

We fought, we struggled, we hurt each other, so what? That’s what love is, I think. It’s all of it. Tears, anger, joy, struggle. Mostly, it’s durable. It lasts.

It wasn’t the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it.