Courage Flashcards
Skunk
‘Low down skunk with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children. He’d never met you face to face’
Bravest man
‘Moments like that I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to war, was the bravest man who ever lived’
Beholden
‘According to her rules, she dies beholden to nothing and no one, she was the bravest person I ever knew’
Real courage
‘I wanted you to know what real courage is…not getting any ideas that courage is a man with a gun in his hand’
Jury’s votes
‘Jury’s vote’s are supposed to be secret. Serving on a jury forces men to make up their own minds and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that’
Unpleasant
‘There are some men in this world who have to go our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them’