“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
“It needs a lot of courage to admit to an action that one is ashamed of and knows to be wrong. One's reluctance to hurt someone else is just an excuse; in fact it is lack of courage.”
“She sensed it, saw my eyes wet with tears, and only then must have discovered I was no longer the man I had been, and I endured her glance with a courage I never thought I had.”
“What is courage?" I ask. "Bearing witness. That is a form of courage.”
“Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.”